Predictors of Hospital Mortality and the Related Burden of Disease in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicentric Study in Brazil

Predictors of Hospital Mortality and the Related Burden of Disease in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Prospective Multicentric Study in Brazil

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a worldwide social, economic, and health problem related to premature death and long-term disabilities. There were no prospective and multicentric studies analyzing the predictors of TBI related mortality and estimating the burden of TBI in Brazil. To address this gap...

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Main Authors: Fernando Zanela Areas, Marcelo Liborio Schwarzbold, Alexandre Paim Diaz, Igor Kunze Rodrigues, Daniel Santos Sousa, Camila Leite Ferreira, João Quevedo, Katia Lin, Emil Kupek, Cristiane Ritter, Felipe Dal Pizzol, Roger Walz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
traumatic brain injury
mortality
prognosis
burden of disease
Brazil
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2019.00432/full

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