Age-related injury patterns in Spanish trauma ICU patients. Results from the RETRAUCI.

Background: Injury patterns may differ in trauma patients when age is considered. This information is relevant in the management of trauma patients and for planning preventive measures.

Methods: We included in the study all patients admitted for traumatic disease in the participating ICUs from November 23, 2012 to July 31, 2015 with complete records.

[Prognosis of the sequels after brain injury].

Acquired brain injury (ABI) is a major public health problem due to its high incidence and prevalence, long-term effects on patients and their families and enormous socioeconomical costs. In our country, this is treated unequally by the different institutions and specialties. Its etiology, by order of incidence, is due to stroke, traumatic brain injury and anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and then, at a great distance, a miscellaneous group in which hypoxic encephalopathy stands out.