Table 1: Traumatic brain injury definition.

Author

Definition

Pervez y cols [3]

"Disruption of normal brain function caused by a blow, jolt, or penetrating injury to the head".

Dr. Raúl Carrillo-Esper y col [2]

Injury caused by sudden exchange of mechanical energy that causes cranial injury.

Felse S. Zollman [4]

"Transient or persistent brain dysfunction, which occurs as a result of head movement and/or collision between the head and an object or surface causing brain injury".

Clinical Practice Guide [5]

Trauma on the cranial components, as a result of mechanical force, caused by an external object, which can cause an alteration of the function of the nervous system.

Gamal Hamdan Suleiman MD [6]

Presence of skull injury with the appearance of one: Altered alertness, skull fracture, neurological changes, intracranial injury, death caused by skull trauma.