Mortality after surviving traumatic brain injury: Risks based on age groups

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Harrison Felix, Cynthia ^a   Kolakowsky Hayner, Stephanie A ^b   Hammond, Flora M ^c,d   Wang, Roberta ^b   Englander, Jeffrey ^b   Dams O'Connor, Kristen ^e   Kreider, Scott E D ^a   Novack, Thomas A ^f   Diaz Arrastia, Ramon ^g  

^a CRAIG HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Carolinas Rehabilitation   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

brain injury; chronic; epidemiology; life expectancy; mortality; rehabilitation; vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHABILITATION CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SPORT INJURY; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870034052     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31827340ba     Document Type: Article

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