Incidence and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients admitted to Amhara region Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2022

Traumatic brain injury is a substantial cause of mortality and morbidity with a higher burden in low and middle-income countries due to healthcare systems that are unable to deliver effectively the acute and long-term care the patients require. Besides its burden, there is little information on trau...

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Published in:BMC emergency medicine 2023-05, Vol.23 (1), p.55-55, Article 55
Main Authors: Demlie, Tiruye Azene, Alemu, Mahlet Temesgen, Messelu, Mengistu Abebe, Wagnew, Fasil, Mekonen, Enyew Getaneh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Brain
Brain Injuries, Traumatic - epidemiology
Data collection
Death
Disability
Emergency medical care
Ethiopia
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Fever
Follow-Up Studies
Head injuries
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Hyperglycemia
Hyperthermia
Hypotension
Incidence
Injuries
Injury prevention
Long-term care
Long-term care of the sick
Morbidity
Mortality
Neurosurgery
Patient outcomes
Patients
Retrospective Studies
Sample size
Sociodemographics
Software
Statistical analysis
Statistical sampling
Trauma
Traumatic brain injury
Variables
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Summary:Traumatic brain injury is a substantial cause of mortality and morbidity with a higher burden in low and middle-income countries due to healthcare systems that are unable to deliver effectively the acute and long-term care the patients require. Besides its burden, there is little information on traumatic brain injury-related mortality in Ethiopia, especially in the region. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the incidence and predictors of mortality among traumatic brain injury patients admitted to comprehensive specialized hospitals in the Amhara region, northwest Ethiopia, 2022. An institution-based retrospective follow-up study was conducted among 544 traumatic brain injury patients admitted from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021. A simple random sampling method was used. Data were extracted using a pre-tested and structured data abstraction sheet. Data were entered, coded, and cleaned into EPi-info version 7.2.0.1 software and exported to STATA version 14.1 for analysis. The Weibull regression model was fitted to determine the association between time to death and covariates. Variables with a P-value 
ISSN:1471-227X
1471-227X
DOI:10.1186/s12873-023-00823-9