Trends in mortality after intensive care of patients with traumatic brain injury in Finland from 2003 to 2019: a Finnish Intensive Care Consortium study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have suggested no change in the outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) treated in intensive care units (ICUs). This is mainly due to the shift in TBI epidemiology toward older and sicker patients. In Finland, the share of the population aged 65 years and over has increased the most in Europe during the last decade. We aimed to assess changes in 12-month and hospital mortality of patients with TBI treated in the ICU in Finland.

Methods

We used a national benchmarking ICU database (Finnish Intensive Care Consortium) to study adult patients who had been treated for TBI in four tertiary ICUs in Finland during 2003-2019. We divided admission years into quartiles and used multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusted for case-mix, t

SUBMITTER: Luostarinen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8761133 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature