Outcomes of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury Transferred to Trauma Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Wide variations exist in traumatic brain injury (TBI) management strategies and transfer guidelines across the country.

Objective

To assess the outcomes of patients with TBI transferred to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) level I (LI) or level II (LII) trauma centers (TCs) on a nationwide scale.

Design, setting, and participants

In this secondary analysis of the ACS Trauma Quality Improvement Program database (2017 to 2020), adult patients with isolated TBI (nonhead abbreviated injury scale = 0) with intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) who were transferred to LI/LII TCs we re included. Data were analyzed from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2020.

Main outcomes and measures

Outcomes were rates of head computed tomography scans, neurosurgical int

SUBMITTER: Bhogadi SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359096 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature