Objective: To investigate mortality, life expectancy, risk factors for death. and causes of death in persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) Design: Retrospective Cohort study. Setting: Used data from an inpatient rehabilitation facility,the Social Security Death Index, death certificates, and the u.s. population age-race-sex-specific and cause-specific mortality rates. Part!cipants: ...
Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System
Objective: To characterize the population of those receiving inpatient rehabilitation who sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) secondary to a suicide attempt and identify differences between such individuals and a demographically-matched control group (n¼230) of those whose TBIs were of an unintentional aetiology. Method: Analysed cases were identified from ...
Carolinas Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Research System