Traumatic brain injury: Association between the Glasgow Coma Scale score and intensive care unit mortality.

J J MkubwaA G BedadaT M Esterhuizen

Published in: The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society (2022)

This study informs the relevant stakeholders in Botswana about sociodemographics, clinical characteristics, management and outcomes of patients admitted to the ICU with severe TBI on the backdrop of scarce ICU resources. It provides a basis for a larger study to inform its external validation.

Keyphrases

intensive care unit
traumatic brain injury
mechanical ventilation
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
risk factors
acute respiratory distress syndrome
weight loss