In-hospital mortality and risk factors among elderly patients with traumatic brain injury: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The elderly population is more vulnerable to traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared with younger adults, and there is an increasing trend in TBI-related hospitalisations and deaths in the elderly due to the ageing global population. This is a thorough update to a previous meta-analysis on the mortality of elderly TBI patients. Our review will include more recent studies and provide a comprehensive analysis of risk factors.

Methods and analysis

The protocol of our systematic review and meta-analysis is reported following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols guidelines. We will search the following databases: PubMed, Cochrane Library and Embase from inception to 1 February 2023 reporting in-hospital mortality and/or risk

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030481 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature