Hospitalization and Morbidity Rates After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Nation-Wide Population-Based Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Background: Even though traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children around the globe, population-based and nation-wide data to assess the burden of TBI is scarce. Methods:Based on diagnosis related groups from nation-wide hospital data, we extracted data on all TBI-related hospitalizations in children <18 years in Germany between 2014 and 2018. We calculated crude, age-specific and standardized incidence rates for hospitalizations, imaging, intracranial injury, neurosurgery, and mortality. Results:Out of 10.2 million hospitalizations, we identified 458,844 cases with TBI as primary or secondary diagnosis, resulting in a crude incidence rate of 687/100,000 child years (CY). Age-specific rates of computed tomography were below 30/

SUBMITTER: Bruns N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8515415 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature