Does access to acute intensive trauma rehabilitation (AITR) programs affect the disposition of brain injury patients?

ABSTRACT: Early incorporation of rehabilitation services for severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients is expected to improve outcomes and quality of life. This study aimed to compare the outcomes regarding the discharge destination and length of hospital stay of selected TBI patients before and after launching an acute intensive trauma rehabilitation (AITR) program at King Saud Medical City. It was a retrospective observational before-and-after study of TBI patients who were selected and received AITR between December 2018 and December 2019. Participants' demographics, mechanisms of injury, baseline characteristics, and outcomes were compared with TBI patients who were selected for rehabilitation care in the pre-AITR period between August 2017 and November 2018. A total of 108 and 111 patients w

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8366995 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature