J Neurosurg Sci
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This work attempts to analyse the potential role of multiple injury in the outcome of non-shock severely head injured patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 8 or less. ⋯ Multiple trauma in non-shock patients, as it is expressed by ISS does not have any influence on mortality. Mortality is depending on the severity of the intracranial pathology. Perhaps head injury and extracranial injuries have synergistic effect on morbidity.