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Patient age and outcome following severe traumatic brain injury: an analysis of 5600 patients

Journal of neurosurgery · 2003 · Vol. 99(4) · pp. 666–673

Chantal W.P.M. Hukkelhoven✉Ewout W. SteyerbergAnneke J.J. RampenElana FaraceJ. Dik F. HabbemaLawrence F. MarshallGordon MurrayAndrew I.R. Maas

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Abstract

An older age is continuously associated with a worsening outcome after TBI; hence, it is disadvantageous to define the effect of age on outcome in a discrete manner when we aim to estimate prognosis or adjust for confounding variables.

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicineGlasgow Outcome ScaleConfidence intervalOdds ratioLogistic regressionTraumatic brain injuryProspective cohort studyGlasgow Coma ScalePediatricsInternal medicine

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AdultAge FactorsAgedBrain InjuriesFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesGlasgow Coma ScaleSurvival RateMultivariate AnalysisLogistic Models

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