Comparison of the Admission Characteristics and Outcomesof Indian Severe TBI Cohort with Earlier EpidemiologicStudies of Developed Nations

From policymaking and research point of view, our aim is to compare data of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with developed settings, where health care facilities are much enhanced as compared to developing settings. In this retrospective study, we described and compared demographic, clinical, secondary insult related characteristics, and outcomes at 6-months (based on Glasgow outcome scale) of our patients with severe TBI; based on emergency department Glasgow coma scale, admitted to neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit at Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre (JPNATC), AIIMS, New Delhi, during May 2010–July 2012; with famous studies from developed settings using descriptive statistics. We found that there is a huge burden of young patients, mostly males with severe TBI in India as compared to developed settings. Follow-up data for 6-months outcome were very much lesser and outcome as death was in high proportion as compared to developed settings. In case of severe TBI, this information can be valuable in formulation of policies and programmes at centre/national/international level, increasing public awareness, developing new action plans.