Referrals to Early Specialized Rehabilitation after Traumatic Brain Injury during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To quantify potential changes in direct referral to early specialized rehabilitation during the COVID-19 pandemic and the injury pattern of patients hospitalized with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at a level 1 trauma centre.

Methods

In this registry-based study, data were retrieved from the Oslo TBI Registry-Neurosurgery and included adult patients with injury-related intracranial findings admitted to Oslo University Hospital (OUH). The study focused on a period of time when OUH was in any level of preparedness because of the COVID-19 pandemic; March 2020 to August 2021. For comparison, the study used patients hospitalized for TBI in 2018 and 2019.

Results

A total of 1,310 hospitalized patients with TBI were divided into 2 groups; pre-pandemic and pandemic. D

SUBMITTER: Tverdal C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9554794 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature