Citation

Meyer KS, Boakye M, Marion DW. Crit. Care 2012; 16(3): 128.

Affiliation

Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center - Rockville, MD 20852, USA. ksmeyer21@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/cc11311

PMID

22621417

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects over 1.5 million Americans annually and consumes a significant amount of healthcare dollars. Identification of complications and factors that impact recovery from TBI is important in improving outcome and allocating appropriate resources. Understanding the role of non-neurologic complications such as sepsis, acute kidney injury, and respiratory problems on TBI outcome and mortality is critical.

Language: en