Age-stratified outcomes after small-volume isolated blunt traumatic brain injury: A national ACS-TQIP analysis.

Among adults with radiographically small-volume isolated traumatic brain injuries, advanced age is independently linked to increased in-hospital mortality and higher likelihood of intensive care unit admission, especially in epidural hematomas.

These findings challenge the notion that limited intracranial hemorrhage is clinically harmless in older adults and support age-specific risk assessment in emergency department triage and critical care decisions.