Prognosis of Traumatic Head Injury in South Tunisia: A Multivariate Analysis of 437 Cases

BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine predictive factors of mortality after posttraumatic brain injury. METHODS:A retrospective study conducted over a 3-year period (1997–1999) involved 437 adult patients with head injury admitted to the intensive care unit of a university hospital in Sfax, Tunis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care injury, infection, and critical care, 2004-08, Vol.57 (2), p.255-261
Hauptverfasser:	Bahloul, Mabrouk, Chelly, Hedi, Ben Hmida, Mohamed, Ben Hamida, Chokri, Ksibi, Hichem, Kallel, Hatem, Chaari, Adel, Kassis, Mondher, Rekik, Noureddine, Bouaziz, Mounir
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Brain Injuries - diagnosis Brain Injuries - etiology Brain Injuries - mortality Diseases of the osteoarticular system Female Glasgow Coma Scale Hospital Mortality Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Hospitals, University Humans Incidence Injuries of the nervous system and the skull. Diseases due to physical agents Injury Severity Score Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Needs Assessment Predictive Value of Tests Prognosis Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Survival Analysis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents Tunisia - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	BACKGROUND:This study aimed to determine predictive factors of mortality after posttraumatic brain injury. METHODS:A retrospective study conducted over a 3-year period (1997–1999) involved 437 adult patients with head injury admitted to the intensive care unit of a university hospital in Sfax, Tunisia. Basic demographic, clinical, biologic, and radiologic data were recorded at admission and during the intensive care unit stay. RESULTS:This study included 393 men (90%) and 44 women with a mean age of 36 ± 17 years. Traffic accidents were the main cause of trauma (85.6%). In 58% of the cases, the injury was serious (Glasgow Coma Score,
ISSN:	0022-5282 1529-8809
DOI:	10.1097/01.TA.0000083004.35231.1E