The burden of traumatic brain injury from low-energy falls among patients from 18 countries in the CENTER-TBI Registry: A comparative cohort study.
Fiona Elizabeth LeckyOlubukola OtesileCarl MarincowitzMarek MajdanDaan NieboerHester Floor LingsmaMarc MaegeleGuiseppe CiterioNino StocchettiEwout Willem SteyerbergDavid K MenonAndrew I R Maasnull nullPublished in: PLoS medicine (2021)
We observed that patients sustaining TBI from low-energy falls are an important component of the TBI disease burden and a distinct demographic cohort; further, our findings suggest that energy transfer may not predict intracranial injury or acute care mortality in patients with TBI presenting to hospital. This suggests that factors beyond energy transfer level may be more relevant to prehospital and emergency department TBI triage in older people. A specific focus to improve prevention and care for patients sustaining TBI from low-energy falls is required.
Keyphrases
- traumatic brain injury
- emergency department
- energy transfer
- severe traumatic brain injury
- end stage renal disease
- acute care
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- newly diagnosed
- mild traumatic brain injury
- prognostic factors
- quantum dots
- palliative care
- risk factors
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- optical coherence tomography
- electronic health record
- health insurance
- optic nerve