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Impact of Thoracic Injury on Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome

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  • Dawei Dai
  • Qiang Yuan
  • Yinfeng Sun
  • Fang Yuan
  • Zuopeng Su
  • Jun Ding
  • Hengli Tian

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Background: To assessed the significance of thoracic injury on the 30-day mortality and outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: TBI patients admitted to our department were retrospectively evaluated. We developed two prognostic models based on admission predictors with logistic regression analysis to assess the significance of thoracic injuries in determining the 30-day mortality and outcome. The internal validity of the models was evaluated with the bootstrap re-sampling technique. We also validated the models in an external series of 165 patients that collected from our center. Discriminative ability was evaluated with C statistic. Calibrative ability was assessed with the Hosmer-Lemeshow test (H-L test). Results: Among 505 TBI patients admitted, 102 (20.2%) had thoracic injuries. Patients with a PCS ≥6 had a 3.142 and 8.065 times higher odds of mortality and poor outcome compared with patients with a PCS 0.05). Conclusion: Thoracic injury diagnosed by CT has a negative impact on the 30-day mortality and functional outcome of TBI patients. The extent of PC and the TTS are the predictors for TBI outcome.

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  • Dawei Dai & Qiang Yuan & Yinfeng Sun & Fang Yuan & Zuopeng Su & Jun Ding & Hengli Tian, 2013. "Impact of Thoracic Injury on Traumatic Brain Injury Outcome," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(9), pages 1-1, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0074204
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074204
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