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Chapter 21 - Traumatic Brain Injury

from Section 2 - Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2024

By
Kristin A. Keith  and
Jason H. Huang
Edited by
Farhana Akter ,
Nigel Emptage ,
Florian Engert  and
Mitchel S. Berger
Farhana Akter
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Nigel Emptage
Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Florian Engert
Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Mitchel S. Berger
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Summary

Traumatic brain injury(TBI) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with an estimated annual incidence of 69 million individuals worldwide. In 2014, the CDC documented 2.5 million TBI-related emergency department visits in the United States with 288,000 TBI-related hospitalizations and 56,800 TBI-associated mortalities. Furthermore, TBI is the leading cause of long-term disability in children and young adults within the US population, with annual cost estimates in patients suffering from TBI varying from $56 billion to $221 billion.

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Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons , pp. 291 - 299
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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