ArticleJournal of critical care2019
A pilot study evaluating a simple cardiac dysfunction score to predict complications and survival among critically-ill patients with traumatic brain injury.
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- Cardiac Dysfunction in Blunt Traumatic Brain Injury Patients.Critical care explorations · 2026Article
- Scoping Review on True and Relative Bradycardia in Trauma: How to Approach Bradycardia in Traumatic Brain Injury.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2026Review
- Optimizing the Efficacy of a Rehabilitation Program for Neurological Critical Patients.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- The Association of Early Electrocardiographic Abnormalities With Brain Injury Severity and Outcome in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
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purposeTo describe the frequency of cardiovascular complications and cardiac dysfunction in critically-ill patients with moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) and cardiac factors associated with in-hospital survival.
methodsRetrospective analysis of a prospective cohort study at a single Level-1 trauma center with a dedicated neuro-trauma intensive care unit (ICU). Adult patients admitted to the ICU with msTBI were consecutively enrolled in the prospective OPTIMISM study between November 2009 and January 2017. Cardiac dysfunction was measured using a combination of EKG parameters, echocardiography abnormalities, and peak serum troponin-I levels during the index hospitalization. These items were combined into a cardiac dysfunction index (CDI), ranging from 0 to 3 points and modeled in a Cox regression analysis.
resultsA total of 326 patients with msTBI were included. For every one-point increase in the CDI, the multivariable adjusted risk of dying during the patient's acute hospitalization more than doubled (adjusted HR 2.41; 95% CI 1.29-4.53).
conclusionCardiac dysfunction was common in patients with msTBI and independently associated with more severe brain injury and a reduction in hospital survival in this population. Further research is needed to validate the CDI and create more precise scoring tools.
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