ArticleDeutsches Arzteblatt international2019
The Incidence and Management of Moderate to Severe Head Injury.
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Abstract
backgroundThe comprehensive expansion of the Trauma Register of the German Trauma Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie; TR-DGU) now enables, for the first time, studies on traumatic brain injury (TBI) with special attention to care processes, clinical course, and outcomes of treatment on discharge or transfer from the acute-care hospital.
methodsRetrospective analysis of patients documented in the TR-DGU in the period 2013-2017 who had moderate to severe head injury as defined by the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS).
resultsIn the period 2013-2017, 41 101 patients with moderate to severe TBI were treated in TR-DGU-associated hospitals in Germany (n = 605 hospitals), corresponding to 8220 cases per year and thus to a population-wide incidence of 10.1 cases per 100 000 persons per year. TBI was present as an isolated injury in 39.1% of cases. The mean age of the patients was 60 years (median; range 0-104 years), and the male-to-female ratio was 2:1. 97.5% of the patients had blunt trauma. Falls from a low height were the most common cause of TBI (38.7%). 43.6% of the patients were intubated before arriving at the hospital, and more than 95% underwent cranial tomographic imaging within 22 minutes of arrival (standard deviation [SD] = 17 minutes). 18.4% underwent an emergency neurosurgical procedure. The in-hospital mortality was 23.5%, corresponding to a population-wide mortality from TBI of 2.4 per 100 000 persons per year. More than half of the patients recovered well or with only mild disability; 14.9% had persistent severe disability or remained in a vegetative state.
conclusionPutting these figures in the appropriate international context requires the acquisition of comparable data in multiple countries and is the main task of international TBI consortia.
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