TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in civilian inpatients of Chinese Military Hospitals, 2001-2007
JO  - Brain injury
A1  - Li, Yunming
A1  - Gu, Jianwen
A1  - Zhou, Jihong
A1  - Xia, Xun
A1  - Wang, Kuiying
A1  - Zheng, Xiushan
A1  - Kuang, Yongqin
A1  - Zhang, Xinyan
A1  - Ou, Shan
A1  - He, Ci
A1  - Zhu, Hui
A1  - Qiu, Jun
SP  - 981
EP  - 988
VL  - 29
IS  - 7-8
N2  - PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the epidemiology of TBI in Chinese inpatients. RESEARCH DESIGN: Civilian inpatients of Chinese military hospitals diagnosed with TBI between 2001-2007 were identified using ICD-9-CM codes. <br><br>METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Demographic characteristics, admission time, injury cause, injury severity, length of stay and outcomes were compared between ICD-9-CM diagnosis groups. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS: In total, 203 553 civilian patients with TBI (74.86% male, 25.14% female) were identified from >200 Chinese military hospitals. TBI diagnoses increased by a mean of 4.67% each year. Admission peaked during the third quarter of the year and October annually. The leading causes of TBI were motor vehicle-traffic (51.41%), falls (21.49%) and assaults (15.77%). TBI was categorized by abbreviated injury scale score as mild in 36.64%, serious in 20.13%, severe in 26.81% and critical in 15.68% of inpatients. The mean length of stay was 17.8 ± 24.1 days. Recovery rate was 93.06% and mortality was 4.14%. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The epidemiological data may contribute to the development of effective, targeted strategies to prevent TBI.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9052
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/02699052.2014.989405
ID  - ref1
ER  -