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| العنوان: |
Traumatic brain injury in Uganda: exploring the use of a hospital based registry for measuring burden and outcomes. |
| المؤلفون: |
Mehmood, Amber, Zia, Nukhba, Hoe, Connie, Kobusingye, Olive, Ssenyojo, Hussein, Hyder, Adnan A. |
| المصدر: |
BMC Research Notes; 5/15/2018, Vol. 11 Issue 1, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
BRAIN injuries, HOSPITAL care, HEALTH outcome assessment, DEATH, LOW-income countries, PREVENTION |
| مستخلص: |
Objective: Lack of data on traumatic brain injuries (TBI) hinders the appreciation of the true magnitude of the TBI burden. This paper describes a scientific approach for hospital based systematic data collection in a low-income country. The registry is based on the evaluation framework for injury surveillance systems which comprises a four-step approach: (1) identifying characteristics that assess a surveillance system, (2) review of the identified variables based on adopted specific, measurable, assignable, realistic, and time-related criteria, (3) assessment of the proposed variables and system characteristics by an expert panel, and (4) development and application of a rating system. Results: The electronic hospital-based TBI registry is designed through a collaborative approach to capture comprehensive, yet context specific, information on each TBI case, from the time of injury until death or discharge from the hospital. It includes patients' demographics, pre-hospital and hospital assessment and care, TBI causes, injury severity, and patient outcomes. The registry in Uganda will open the opportunity to replicate the process in other similar context and contribute to a better understanding of TBI in these settings, and feed into the global agenda of reducing deaths and disabilities from TBI in low-and middle-income countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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