Minimal-risk traumatic brain injury management without neurosurgical consultation

Corresponding Author: Mayur Bipin Patel, MD, MPH Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 21st Avenue South, 404 Medical Arts Building, Nashville, TN 37212, USA Tel: +1-615-936-0189 Fax: +1-615-936-0185 E-mail: mayur.b.patel@vumc.org Minimal-risk traumatic brain injury management without neurosurgical consultation Elizabeth Starbuck Compton, DNP, AGACNP-BC; Benjamin Allan Smallheer, PhD, ACNP-BC; Nicholas Russell Thomason, MSN, AGACNP-BC; Michael S. Norris, RN; Mina Faye Nordness, MD, MPH (c); Melissa D. Smith, MSN, RN; Mayur Bipin Patel, MD, MPH Division of Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA School of Nursing, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Departments of Neurosurgery and Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Nashville Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN, USA