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Elevated BMI as a Hypothetical Protective Factor in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A TQIP Database Analysis.

Vsevolod Shurkhay, Zhamak Khorgami, Micah Hartwell, Jianqiang Huo, Utsav Patel, Zachary Arnold, Elvis Tamo Achu, Sofia Yeromenko, Kaiden Hollingshead, Michael Charles and 2 more

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Vsevolod ShurkhayAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9538-4374
Zhamak KhorgamiDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Micah HartwellDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Jianqiang HuoAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Utsav PatelAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Zachary ArnoldDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Elvis Tamo AchuAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Sofia YeromenkoOxley College of Health & Natural Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Kaiden HollingsheadOU School of Community Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Michael CharlesAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
Rachel TylerAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
M Yashar S KalaniAscension St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

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Abstract

Obesity is a growing epidemic across the globe and is contributing to complications and differences in trauma outcomes. This study aims to explore the impact of obesity on morbidity and mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), examining differences in complication rates and outcomes between patients with and without obesity, as it may play a contradictory but beneficial role in outcomes by preconditioning the brain to primary and secondary damaging factors, such as elevated intracranial pressure and cerebral ischemia. The Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) database was queried between 2021 and 2022 for adult patients with isolated and combined severe traumatic brain injuries and obesity. A total of 230,844 patients were identified as presenting with severe TBI. Patients with isolated and combined, penetrating and non-penetrating trauma were then divided into subcohorts based upon body mass index (BMI) values: underweight (<18.5 kg/m

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intracranial pressureobesitysevere traumatic brain injurytraumaTrauma Quality Improvement Program

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PMCPMC13507647

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