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Animals were included if injury occurred within the preceding 24 hours and TBICS could be calculated from the neurological examination recorded within 24 hours after injury. The outcomes were survival to hospital discharge and survival \u2265 6 months. Receiver operating characteristic curves were generated, and the areas under the curve (AUCs) were compared between the TBICS and MGCS.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sc_a3\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Short-term survival rates were 65.8% in dogs (25 of 38) and 64.5% in cats (20 of 31). In dogs, TBICS AUCs were 0.846 (short term) and 0.892 (long term); a cutoff of \u2264 8 yielded sensitivity\/specificity of 80%\/69.2% and 90.5%\/73.3%, respectively. The MGCS AUCs were 0.812 and 0.873 with a cutoff of \u2265 14 (sensitivity\/specificity, 60.0%\/92.3% and 66.7%\/93.3%, respectively). In cats, TBICS AUCs were 0.861 and 0.929; a cutoff of \u2264 7 yielded sensitivity\/specificity of 70%\/81.8% and 71.4%\/88.9%. The MGCS AUC was 0.775 for short-term survival (cutoff, \u2265 13; sensitivity\/specificity, 80%\/63.6%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sc_a4\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>TBICS demonstrated good predictive accuracy for short- and long-term survival in dogs and cats with TBI and produced slightly higher AUC values than the MGCS in this cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sc_a5\">\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>TBICS is an effective clinical tool for evaluating prognosis that can be completed within minutes of admission.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/ajvr.26.02.0039","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]],"date-time":"2026-04-17T20:15:17Z","timestamp":1776456917000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Traumatic brain injury clinical score (TBICS) predicts survival outcomes in dogs and cats with acute traumatic brain injury"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"87","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9342-4391","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Avital","family":"Levy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel"},{"name":"Ben Shemen Specialist Referral Center, Ben Shemen Youth Village, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kira","family":"Rapoport","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ben Shemen Specialist Referral Center, Ben Shemen Youth Village, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sigal","family":"Klainbart","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Efrat","family":"Yagil-Kelmer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Merav Hagar","family":"Shamir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Orit","family":"Chai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ben Shemen Specialist Referral Center, Ben Shemen Youth Village, Israel"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"Vet J","first-page":"105765","article-title":"Distribution of mortality patterns in cats with naturally occurring trauma: a Veterinary Committee on Trauma registry study","author":"Hickey MC","year":"2021","unstructured":"Hickey MC, Gray R, van Galen G, Ward MP. 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