Open AccessResource utilization in the management of traumatic brain injury patients in a critical care unit: An audit from rural setup of a developing country
Author(s) -
Amit Agrawal,
Dilip Gode,
Anand Kakani,
Manda Nagrale,
Syed Zahiruddin Quazi,
Abhay Gaidhane,
Parvez A. Shaikh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.84794
Subject(s) - medicine , audit , traumatic brain injury , unit (ring theory) , medical emergency , intensive care unit , resource (disambiguation) , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , psychiatry , business , accounting , computer network , mathematics education , mathematics , computer science
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are steadily increasing and are a major cause of mortality and morbidity, particularly in the young population, leading to the loss of life and productivity in the developing countries. Providing critical care to these patients with TBI is a challenge even in well-advanced centers in major cities of India. In the present study, we describe our experience of resource utilization in the management of TBI in a critical care unit (CCU) from a rural setup.