Incidence and predictors of mortality among patients with head injury admitted to Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: A retrospective follow-up study.
Desalegn Dawit AsseleTigabu Addisu LendadoMerid Assefa AwatoShimelash Bitew WorkieWolde Facha FaltamoPublished in: PloS one (2021)
The incidence of mortality rate among head injury patients was high. Older age, moderate and severe TBI, hypotension and hypoxia at admission, neurosurgical procedure, and the episode of hyperthermia and hypoglycemia during hospitalization were the independent predictors of mortality among head injury patients. Therefore, intervention to reduce earlier deaths should focus on the prevention of secondary brain insults.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- traumatic brain injury
- prognostic factors
- randomized controlled trial
- emergency department
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular events
- healthcare
- optic nerve
- physical activity
- metabolic syndrome
- cardiovascular disease
- adipose tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- early onset
- functional connectivity
- brain injury
- resting state
- high intensity
- minimally invasive
- severe traumatic brain injury
- optical coherence tomography