Association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) patterns and mortality: a retrospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT: Background: Low and medium income countries (LMICs) such as Kenya experience nearly three times more cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared to high income countries (HICs). This is primarily exacerbated by weak health systems especially at the pre-hospital care level. Generating local empirical evidence on TBI patterns and its influence on patient mortality outcomes is fundamental in informing the design of trauma-specific emergency medical service (EMS) interventions at the pre-hospital care level. This study determines the influence of TBI patterns and mortality. Methods: This was a case-control study with a sample of 316 TBI patients. Data was abstracted from medical records for the period of January 2017 to March 2019 in three tertiary trauma care facilities in Ke

SUBMITTER: Koome G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8829093 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature