Prehospital intubation for isolated severe blunt traumatic brain injury: worse outcomes and higher mortality.

Tobias HaltmeierElizabeth BenjaminStefano SiboniEvren DilektasliKenji InabaDemetrios Demetriades

Published in: European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society (2016)

In this large cohort-matched analysis, prehospital ETI in patients with isolated severe blunt TBI was independently associated with lower ED GCS scores and higher mortality.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
trauma patients
cardiac arrest
cardiovascular events
early onset
emergency department
risk factors
severe traumatic brain injury
emergency medical
cardiovascular disease
drug induced
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
weight loss
glycemic control