Predicting survival after acute civilian penetrating brain injuries: The SPIN score.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify predictors associated with survival in civilian penetrating traumatic brain injury (pTBI) utilizing a contemporary, large, diverse 2-center cohort, and to develop a parsimonious survival prediction score for pTBI.

Methods

Our cohort comprised 413 pTBI patients retrospectively identified from the local trauma registries at 2 US level 1 trauma centers, of which one was predominantly urban and the other predominantly rural. Predictors of in-hospital and 6-month survival identified in univariate and multivariable logistic regression were used to develop the simple Surviving Penetrating Injury to the Brain (SPIN) score.

Results

The mean age was 33 ± 16 years and patients were predominantly male (87%). Survival at hospital discharge as well as 6 months

SUBMITTER: Muehlschlegel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123553 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature