Long-Term Outcomes in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Associated Factors: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Daniel Vieira de Oliveira Rita de Cássia Almeida Vieira Leonardo Zumerkorn Pipek Regina Marcia Cardoso de SousaCamila Pedroso Estevam de SouzaEduesley Santana SantosWellingson Silva Paiva

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

Patients have satisfactory functional recovery up to twelve months after trauma, with an accentuated improvement in the first three months. Clinical and sociodemographic variables were associated with post-trauma outcomes. Almost all victims of severe TBI with focal lesions evolved to death or independence.

Keyphrases

severe traumatic brain injury
traumatic brain injury
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
early onset