PMID: 26351526Sep 10, 2015Paper

Actual data on epidemiological evolution and prevention endeavours regarding traumatic brain injury

Journal of Medicine and Life
C PopescuG Onose

Abstract

Knowledge of the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is required both to prevent this disorder and to develop effective care and rehabilitation approaches for patients. The aim of this article is to find solutions to decrease the incidence of TBI and offer recommendations for their prevention. We analyzed epidemiological studies on TBI by performing a systematic review of literature, using information reported by different centers, collecting data on demographics, showing characteristics of TBI including incidence, identification of risk groups on differences in age, gender, geographical variation, severity and mortality. Studies suggest that the incidence of TBI is between 18 and 250 per 100,000 persons per year. Men and people living in social and economical deprived areas, usually young adults and the elderly are high-risk groups for TBI. Prevention remains the "key point" in medicine and especially for TBI, saving the patient from unnecessary often-harsh sufferance. Most public epidemiological data showed that TBI is a major cause of mortality and disability. The effort to understand TBI and the available strategies to treat this lesion, in order to improve clinical outcomes after TBI, may be based on an increase i...Continue Reading

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