RT Book, Section
A1 Nguyen, Benjamin
A1 Thottakara, John
A1 Bell, Kathleen R.
A2 Mitra, Raj
SR Print(0)
ID 1182777382
T1 Patient Management for Traumatic Brain Injury
T2 Principles of Rehabilitation Medicine
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071793339
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182777382
RD 2024/04/18
AB Moderate  to  severe  traumatic  brain  injury  (TBI)  is  a  leading  cause  of  morbidity  and  mortality  in  the  United  States  and  worldwide,  with  an  annual  incidence  of  60  to  100  per  100,000.1–4  In  2010,  there  were  715.7  per  100,000  emergency  department  (ED)  visits  related  to  TBI,  with  91.7  per  100,000  TBI-related  hospitalizations,  and  17.1  per  100,000  TBI-related  deaths.5  It  is  estimated  that  over  5  million  people  in  the  United  States  are  living  with  TBI-related  disability,6  and  by  2020,  TBI  will  be  the  third  leading  cause  of  disability  in  the  world,7  with  the  annual  cost  of  providing  acute  and  rehabilitation  care  for  individuals  in  North  America  projected  to  be  in  the  billions  of  dollars.8  These  statistics  are  especially  troublesome  because  the  incidence  of  TBI  is  highest  among  young  males  between  the  ages  of  15  and  24,1,8,9  leading  to  decades  of  disability  and  lost  productivity.  Despite  the  improvement  in  mortality  rate,  many  survivors  are  left  with  lifelong  impairments  in  physical,  cognitive,  and  psychosocial  functioning.  Management  of  these  individuals  is  challenging,  given  the  varying  severity  of  illness  and  baseline  comorbidities.