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ArticleThe Journal of surgical research2019

Sex Differences in In-hospital Complications Among Older Adults After Traumatic Brain Injury.

Timileyin Adediran, Byron C Drumheller, Maureen McCunn, Deborah M Stein, Jennifer S Albrecht

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Article in The Journal of surgical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Timileyin AdediranDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: tadedir1@umaryland.edu.
Byron C DrumhellerProgram in Trauma, Department of Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Maureen McCunnDepartment of Anesthesiology, Divisions of Trauma Anesthesiology and Surgical Critical Care, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Deborah M SteinProgram in Trauma, Department of Surgery, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Jennifer S AlbrechtDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Prioritizing Quality Improvement for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disturbances Following Traumatic Brain InjuryK01HS024560 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI ALBRECHT, JENNIFER S. · 2016 to 2020
$735k
AHRQ HHS K01 HS024560
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOlder adults have the highest rates of hospitalization and mortality after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and suffer poorer outcomes compared with younger adults with similar injuries. Non-neurological complications can significantly impact outcomes. Evidence suggests that women may have better outcomes after TBI. However, sex differences in in-hospital complications among older adults after TBI have not been studied. The objective of this study was to assess sex differences in in-hospital complications after TBI among adults aged 65 y and older.

methodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of adults aged ≥65 y treated for isolated moderate to severe TBI at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center between 1996 and 2012. Using the Shock Trauma Center registry, we identified TBI using the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes and required an abbreviated injury scale head score ≥3, abbreviated injury scale scores for other body regions ≤2, and a blunt injury mechanism. We searched the Shock Trauma Center registry for the International Classification of Disease, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes representing in-hospital complications.

resultsOf 2511 patients meeting inclusion criteria, 1283 (51.1%) were men and 635 (25.1%) developed an in-hospital complication. Men were more likely than women to develop an in-hospital complication (28.1% versus 22.0, P < 0.001). In an adjusted analysis, men were at increased risk of any in-hospital complication (hazards ratio 1.23; 95% confidence interval 1.05, 1.44) compared with women.

conclusionsOlder men were more likely to have any in-hospital complications than women.

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AgedAged, 80 and overBaltimoreBrain Injuries, TraumaticFemaleHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsIn-hospital complicationsOlder adultsSex differencesTraumatic brain injury

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PMID31279269
PMCPMC12744691
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