The Association of Trauma Center Transport and Long-term Functional Outcomes in Head-injured Older Adults Transported by Emergency Medical Services.
Daniel K NishijimaSamuel D GaonaMark FaulDaniel J TancrediTrent WaechterRic MaloneyTroy BairAdam BlitzAndrew R ElmsRoel D FarralesCalvin HowardJames MontoyaHernando GarzonJames F Holmesnull nullPublished in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)
In older adults with TBI, moderate disability or worse is common 6 months after injury. Over one in five of older adults with TBI died by 6 months, usually due to nonhead causes. Patients with TBI or traumatic intracranial hemorrhage did not have improved functional outcomes with initial triage to a trauma center.
Keyphrases
- traumatic brain injury
- emergency medical
- physical activity
- severe traumatic brain injury
- mild traumatic brain injury
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- optic nerve
- emergency department
- spinal cord injury
- trauma patients
- healthcare
- primary care
- multiple sclerosis
- mental health
- high intensity
- optical coherence tomography
- affordable care act
- health insurance