Research Article
Long-Term Follow-Up of Disability, Cognitive, and Emotional Impairments after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Table 1
Demographic injury characteristics for persons with severe traumatic brain injury in northern Sweden (approximately 900,000 inhabitants).
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| Included year: 2010-2011 | 37 | 100 | Included at follow-up | 21 | 57 | Age at follow-up () | | | Median 49 (27-70) years | | | Gender () | | | Male | 14 | 66 | Female | 7 | 33 | Diagnosis () | | | S062 diffuse brain injury | 6 | 29 | S063 focal brain injury | 2 | 10 | S064 EPH | 4 | 19 | S065 traumatic SDH | 7 | 33 | S066 traumatic SAH | 1 | 5 | S068 other | 1 | 5 | Influence of alcohol misuse at time of injury | 18 | | Cause of injury () | 9 | 43 | Fall | 8 | 38 | Traffic | 3 | 14 | Sport | 1 | 5 | Unknown | | | Education () | 10 | 48 | <12 years | 8 | 38 | 12 years | 3 | 14 | >12 year | | |
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EPH: epidural hematoma; SDH: subdural hematoma; SAH: subarachnoidal hematoma.
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