A Profile of Traumatic Brain Injury within Hospital Emergency Departments—A Retrospective Study in the Republic of Moldova
Author(s) -
Svetlana Cociu,
Angela Cazacu-Stratu,
Lilia Chiosea,
Rojnoveanu Gheorghe,
Serghei Cebanu,
Corinne PeekAsa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
open journal of preventive medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2162-2477
pISSN - 2162-2485
DOI - 10.4236/ojpm.2022.129013
Subject(s) - medical emergency , emergency medicine , traumatic brain injury , medicine , retrospective cohort study , surgery , psychiatry
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a critical public health and socio-economic problem throughout the world, making epidemiological monitoring of incidence, prevalence, and outcome of TBI necessary. TBI is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in adolescents, young adults, and the elderly, one of the leading causes being road traffic accidents.
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