Head injury: assessment and early management

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• Evidence reviews - May 2023

• A: Tranexamic acid (PDF 2.03 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• B: Transport to a distant specialist neuroscience centre (PDF 1.1 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• C: Direct access from the community to imaging (PDF 532 KB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• D: Clinical decision rules selecting people with head injury for imaging (PDF 4.63 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• E: Selecting adults, children and infants with head injury for CT or MRI head scan in sub-groups (PDF 2.07 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• F: Brain injury biomarkers and/or MRI for predicting post-concussion syndrome (PDF 3.46 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• G: Brain injury biomarkers for predicting acute post-brain injury complications (PDF 3.75 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• H: CT, MRI and X-ray of the cervical spine in people with head injury – diagnostic (PDF 3.27 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• I: Admission and observation in hospital of people with head injury who are on anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy after normal brain imaging or no indication for early imaging (PDF 1.49 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• J: Admission and observation of people with concussion symptoms (PDF 635 KB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• K: Hospital admission in people with small intracranial injuries (PDF 2.86 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• L: Isolated skull fracture (PDF 1.12 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• M: Identification of hypopituitarism (who to investigate) (PDF 1.19 MB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• N: Identification of hypopituitarism (when to investigate) (PDF 683 KB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• Economic analysis

• The cost effectiveness of tranexamic acid (PDF 818 KB)

  Published:

  18 May 2023

• Surveillance report

• Appendix A: Summary of evidence from surveillance (PDF 598 KB)

  Published:

  05 September 2019

• 2019 surveillance of head injury: assessment and early management (NICE guideline CG176)

• Appendix A: Summary of evidence (PDF 713 KB)

  Published:

  11 May 2017

• Appendix B: Stakeholder consultation comments table (PDF 299 KB)

  Published:

  11 May 2017

• Surveillance report 2017 – Head injury: assessment and early management (2014) NICE guideline CG176

• Full guidance

• Full guideline - January 2014 (PDF 2.8 MB)

  Published:

  22 January 2014

• Appendices (PDF 5.95 MB)

  Published:

  22 January 2014

• Full guideline - January 2014