IMPACT Score for Outcomes in Head Injury
Predicts 6-month mortality and unfavorable outcomes after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Use for patients ≥14 years old with GCS ≤12 (moderate and severe TBI). Use data from the first 24 hours of admission.
Critical Actions
Outcomes are meant to describe prognosis on the population level. It should NOT be used as alone for clinical decisionmaking in individual patients such as withholding aggressive therapies.