Long-Term Risk of Stroke after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based Medical Record Review Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To reliably inform secondary prevention strategies and reduce morbidity and mortality after traumatic brain injury (TBI), we sought to understand the long-term risk of stroke after TBI in patients aged 40 years and older in comparison to age- and sex-matched referents from a population-based cohort.

Materials and methods

TBI cases in Olmsted County, Minnesota from January 1, 1985, to December 31, 1999, were confirmed by manual review, classified by injury severity and mechanism, and nonhead trauma was quantified. Each TBI case was matched to 2 sex- and age-matched population-based referents without TBI and with similar severity nonhead trauma. Records of cases and referents were manually abstracted to confirm stroke diagnosis. Stroke events during initial hospitali

SUBMITTER: Sperl MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9753901 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature