Citation

Zogg CK, Haring RS, Canner JK, Alsulaim HA, Scully R, Wolf L, Engineer LD, Haider AH, Schneider EB. J. Am. Coll. Surg. 2016; 223(4): S158.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American College of Surgeons, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.06.343

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability among pediatric patients. Much of our understanding comes from work by the CDC, who conceptualized the "silent epidemic" as a pyramid: "[unknown burden of outpatient disease]→emergency department (ED) visits→hospitalizations→death." The base and expected largest number of patients receive care as outpatients and have not been previously described. The objective of this study was to characterize this missing foundational-tier by estimating the burden of disease in those seeking care as outpatients, defining epidemiologic characteristics, and assessing for seasonal and temporal changes in presentation.

Language: en