Possibilities of using results of head computed tomography in victims with traumatic brain injuries

• Published in: Sudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza Vol. 67; no. 3; p. 24
• Main Authors: Egorova, E V, Kildyushov, E M, Burenchev, D V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2024
• Subjects: Brain Injuries, Traumatic - diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic Errors - prevention & control; Diagnostic Errors - statistics & numerical data; Female; Forensic Medicine - methods; Humans; Male; Russia; Sensitivity and Specificity; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Russia; computed tomography; traumatic brain injury; examination of a persons
• ISSN: 0039-4521
• DOI: 10.17116/sudmed20246703124

The constant increase in the number of neurotraumas in the country leads to an increase in forensic examinations of a persons. In Russia, about 600 thousand people receive craniocerebral injuries annually, of which 50 thousand die, others are potentially will be in forensic examination during or after treatment. With an increase in the total number of such examinations, the number of erroneous conclusions is expected to increase. If it is impossible for the radiologist included in the commission to review the results of computed tomography of the head performed in the hospital, the experts are forced to use the data that are recorded in the medical documents. The present study revealed the percentage of erroneous interpretations in such descriptions, systematized typical errors, calculated the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of computed tomography in craniocerebral injury.