Disparities in casemix, acute interventions, discharge destinations and mortality of patients with traumatic brain injury between Europe and India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major global health problem that disproportionally affects low- and middle-income countries. The needs for patients with TBI therefore may differ between levels of national development. We aimed to describe differences in epidemiology and acute care provision of TBI between India and Europe.

Methods

We used data from two prospective observational registry studies - the Collaborative Indian NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in TBI (CINTER-TBI) and the Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in TBI (CENTER-TBI), which included TBI patients with an indication for brain CT-scan presenting to 65 centres across Europe and Israel and two trauma centres in India. We performed descriptive analyses of demographic, injury,

SUBMITTER: Gupta D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11614187 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature