TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN ADULTS: AGE, ETIOLOGY, AND TREATMENT OUTCOME
Keywords:
Age, Etiology, Outcome, Traumatic brain injury
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury had been described as silent epidemic. The etiology is said to be changing and older adults have been said to have worse outcome compared to the younger ones. We prospectively studied adults managed for traumatic brain injury in our center over a four and half year period.
Objectives: To determine the effects of age and etiological factors on the outcome of adults managed for traumatic brain injury.
Methods: It was a prospective study on adults managed for traumatic brain injury in our center from August 2010 to January 2015. Patients were resuscitated in accident and emergency using Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocols. Biodata, history and physical examinations were done in accident and emergency. Severity of the injury was assessed using Glasgow Coma Scale. Comatose patients were admitted in intensive care unit (ICU), while orders were admitted in the wards. Data were collected using structured Performa which was component of our prospective data bank that was approved by our ethics and research committee. Data were analyzed with Environmental Performance Index (EPI) info 7 software.
Results: Two hundred and eighty seven patients were studied. There were 244 males. Their ages ranged from 20 – 76 years. The most common etiology in all age groups was road traffic accident (RTA).The outcome was worse in older patients.
Conclusion: We found that more males had traumatic brain injury. The most common etiology in all ages was RTA. The outcome was significantly affected by age. Older patients had worse outcome.
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3. Maas AI, Marmarou A, Murray GD, Teasdale SG, Steyerberg EW. Prognosis and clinical trial design in traumatic brain injury: the IMPACT study. J Neurotrauma 2007;24:232-8
4. Styrke J, Stalnacke BM, Sojka P, Bjornstig U. Traumatic brain injuries in a well defined population: epidemiological aspects and severity. J Neurotrauma 2007;24:1425-36
5. Thompson HJ, McCormick WC, Kagan SH. Traumatic brain injury in older adults: epidemiology, outcomes, and future implications. J Am Geriatr Soc 2006;54:1590-95
6. Tokutomi T, Miyaji T, Ogawa T, Ono J, Kawamata T, Sakamoto T et al. Agerelated increases in poor outcomes after traumatic brain injury: a report from the Japan Neurotrauma Data Bank. J Neurotrauma 2008;25:1407-14
7. Vollmer DG, Torner JC, Jane JA, Sadovnic B, Charlebois D, Eisenberg HM,et al. Age and outcome following traumatic coma: why do older patients fare worse? J Neurosurg 1991;75:S37-S49
8. Signorini DF, Andrews PJ, Jones PA, Wardlaw JM, Miller JD. Predicting survival using simple clinical variables: a case study in traumatic brain injury. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1999;66:20-25
9. Ono J, Yamaura A, Kubota M, Okimura Y, Isobe K. Outcome prediction in severe head injury: analysis of clinical prognostic factors. J Clin Neurosci 2001;8:120-21
10. Andrews PJ,Sleeman DH, Stathan PF,McQuatt A, Comuble V, Jones PA, et al. Predicting recovery in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury by using admission variables and physiological data: a comparison between decision tree analysis and logistic regression. J Neurosurg 2002;97:326-36
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12. Ratanalert S, Chompikul J, Hirunpat S. Talked and deteriorated head injury patients: how many poor outcomes can be avoided? J Clin Neurosci 2002;9:640-43
13. Bahloul M, Chelly H, Ben Hmida M, Ben Hmida C, Ksibi H, Kallel H, et al. Prognosis of traumatic head injury in South Tunisia: a multivariate analysis of 437 cases. J Trauma 2004;57:255-61
14. MRC CRASH Trial Collaborators. Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients.
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16. Maas AI, Stocchetti N, Bullock R. Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in adults. Lancet Neurology 2008;7:728-41
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18. Faul M, Xu L, Wald MM, Coronado VG. Traumatic brain injury in the United States: emergency department visits, hospitalizations and deaths 2002-2006.
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20. King JT, Carlier PM, Marion WD. Glasgow outcome scale scores predict long-term functional outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury. J Neurotrauma 2005;22:947-54.
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32. Wagner AK. Functional prognosis in traumatic brain injury. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: States of the Art Review 2001;15:245-65
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35. Dams-O’Connor K, Cuthbert JP, Whyte J, Corrigan JD, Faul M, Harrison-Felix C. Traumatic brain injury among older adults at level I and II trauma centers. J
Neurotrauma 2013;30:2001-13
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48. Ratcliff G, Colantonio A, Escobar M, Chase S, Vernica L. Long-term survival following traumatic brain injury. DisabilRehabil 2005;27:305-14
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the role of age and injury severity. J Neurotrauma 2007;24:435-45
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59. Kovacs EJ. Aging, traumatic brain injury, and estrogen treatment. Exp Gerontol 2005;40:549-55
60. Selassie AW, McCarthy ML, Ferguson PL, Tian J, Langlois JA. Risk of posthospitalization mortality among persons with traumatic brain injury, South Carolina 1999-2001. J Head Trauma Rehabil 2005;20:257-69
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Nnadi, Mathias Ogbonna Nnanna, Bankole, Olufemi Babatola, Fente, Beleudanyo Gbalipre. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN ADULTS: AGE, ETIOLOGY, AND TREATMENT OUTCOME. Med. res. chronicles [Internet]. 2020Jul.28 [cited 2024Dec.22];3(1):29-. Available from: https://medrech.com/index.php/medrech/article/view/159
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