Impact of blunt chest trauma on outcome after traumatic brain injury- a matched-pair analysis of the TraumaRegister DGU®.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with high rates of long-term disability and mortality. Our aim was to investigate the effects of thoracic trauma on the in-hospital course and outcome of patients with TBI. METHODS:We performed a matched pair analysis of the multicenter trauma database TraumaRegisterDGU® (TR-DGU) in the 5-year period from 2012 to 2016. We included adult patients (?18?years of age) with moderate to severe TBI (abbreviated injury scale (AIS)= 3-5). Patients with isolated TBI (group 1) were compared to patients with TBI and varying degrees of additional blunt thoracic trauma (AISThorax= 2-5) (group 2). Matching criteria were gender, age, severity of TBI, initial GCS and presence/absence of shock. The ?2-test was used for comparing categorical variables and the Mann-Whitney-U-test was chosen for continuous parameters. Statistical significance was defined by a p-value

SUBMITTER: Schieren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7069167 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature