Post-Discharge Mortality of Older Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury or Other Trauma.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Prior studies of mortality following traumatic brain injury (TBI) have not focused specifically on older adults compared with a non-TBI trauma cohort or included specific causes of death. The objectives of this study were, among adults aged 65 years and older, to (1) generate standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) by cause of death for TBI and a non-TBI trauma cohort compared with a general population, and (2) assess risk of mortality associated with TBI compared with a non-TBI trauma cohort.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of adults aged 65 years and older who were treated at an urban trauma center from 1997 to 2008.

Measurements

Data from the trauma registry were linked to the National Death Index through 2008 to obtain date and cause of death. We identif

SUBMITTER: Albrecht JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6960930 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature