Impact of blunt chest trauma on outcome after traumatic brain injury– a matched-pair analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU®

Impact of blunt chest trauma on outcome after traumatic brain injury– a matched-pair analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU®

Abstract Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with high rates of long-term disability and mortality. Our aim was to investigate the effects of thoracic trauma on the in-hospital course and outcome of patients with TBI. Methods We performed a matched pair analysis of the multicenter...

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Main Authors: Mark Schieren, Frank Wappler, Arasch Wafaisade, Rolf Lefering, Samir G. Sakka, Jost Kaufmann, Hi-Jae Heiroth, Jerome Defosse, Andreas B. Böhmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Traumatic brain injury
Thoracic injury
Glasgow Outcome Scale
Critical care
Registry
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13049-020-0708-1

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