Tracheal intubation in traumatic brain injury: a multicentre prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to study the associations between pre- and in-hospital tracheal intubation and outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI), and whether the association varied according to injury severity.

Methods

Data from the international prospective pan-European cohort study, Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research for TBI (CENTER-TBI), were used (n=4509). For prehospital intubation, we excluded self-presenters. For in-hospital intubation, patients whose tracheas were intubated on-scene were excluded. The association between intubation and outcome was analysed with ordinal regression with adjustment for the International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in TBI variables and extracranial injury. We assessed whether the effect of intu

SUBMITTER: Gravesteijn BY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565908 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature