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ArticleAnnals of translational medicine2019

Posttraumatic parkinsonism would increase the mortality risk in elderly patients with traumatic brain injury.

Dorji Harnod, Yu-Shu Yen, Cheng-Li Lin, Tomor Harnod, Chia-Hung Kao

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Article in Annals of translational medicine, 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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5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dorji HarnodDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City.
Yu-Shu YenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei.
Cheng-Li LinManagement Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung.
Tomor HarnodDepartment of Neurosurgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien.
Chia-Hung KaoGraduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung.
China Medical University Hospital · TWBuddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation · USFu Jen Catholic University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

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Abstract

backgroundWe used data from the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) of Taiwan to determine whether patients who develop posttraumatic parkinsonism (PTP) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) have an increased mortality risk.

methodsWe analyzed data from the NHIRD of patients aged ≥20 years who had received a diagnosis of and admitted for head injury with TBI (ICD-9-CM 850-854, 959.01) from 2000 to 2012. The TBI cohort was further divided into PTP and posttraumatic non-parkinsonism (PTN) cohorts and compared against a sex-, age-, comorbidity-, and index-date-matched comparison cohort. We calculated the adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of all-cause mortality risk in these cohorts after adjustment for age, sex, and comorbidities.

resultsThere were 23,504 and 744 patients enrolled in the PTN cohort and the PTP cohort. Subsequent parkinsonism happened with an incidence of 3.07% in patients with TBI, and 11.59% in those aged over 65 years. The PTP cohort (aHR =1.67, 95% CI: 1.47-1.90) other than PTN (aHR =1.37, 95% CI: 1.29-1.45) cohort had a higher risk of mortality. In ones aged 65-74 years (aHR =2.08, 95% CI: 1.41-3.07), there was a more increased mortality risk in patients with PTP when compared to the PTN cohort.

conclusionsPTP would increase the long-term mortality risk of patients with TBI, especially in whom aged 65-74 years. Our findings provide vital information for clinicians and the government to improve the long-term prognosis of TBI.

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