Prospective observational cohort study on epidemiology, treatment and outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) in German BG hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Since 2000/2001, no large-scale prospective studies addressing traumatic brain injury (TBI) epidemiology in Germany have been published. Our aim was to look for a possible shift in TBI epidemiology described in other European countries, to look for possible changes in TBI management and to identify predictors of 1-year outcome especially in patients with mild TBI.

Design

Observational cohort study.

Setting

All patients suffering from a TBI of any degree between 1 October 2014 and 30 September 2015, and who arrived in one of the seven participating BG hospitals within 24 hours after trauma, were included.

Participants

In total, 3514 patients were included.

Outcome measures

Initial care, acute hospital care and rehabilitation were documented usi

SUBMITTER: Schwenkreis P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8183205 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature