Der Unfallchirurg
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Patients presenting in the emergency department with a mild injury to the head pose a particular challenge due to their high prevalence but low rate of traumatic brain injury. However, missed traumatic brain injuries may result in fatal consequences. Therefore we investigated the diagnostic performance of serological protein S100B measurement in adult patients presenting with mild head injury and a GCS 13-15 to identify traumatic brain injury. ⋯ Serological protein S100B measurement may be helpful as a screening test to identify patients with higher risk of traumatic brain injury for further diagnostic assessment.