Global hearing loss prevention

CS Brown, SD Emmett, SK Robler… - … Clinics of North America, 2018 - oto.theclinics.com
Hearing loss affects individuals across all cultures; it is the fourth leading contributor to years
lived with a disability worldwide, 1 affecting 6% to 8% of the world's population. 2 Moreover …

Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury

MC Dewan, A Rattani, S Gupta, RE Baticulon… - Journal of …, 2018 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Traumatic brain injury (TBI)—the “silent epidemic”—contributes to worldwide
death and disability more than any other traumatic insult. Yet, TBI incidence and distribution …

Traumatic brain injury in select low-and middle-income countries: a narrative review of the literature

BC Allen, E Cummer, AK Sarma - Journal of neurotrauma, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) experience the majority of traumatic brain
injuries (TBIs), yet few studies have examined the epidemiology and management strategies …

Temporal delays along the neurosurgical care continuum for traumatic brain injury patients at a tertiary care hospital in Kampala, Uganda

SD Vaca, BJ Kuo, JRN Vissoci, CA Staton, LW Xu… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Significant care continuum delays between acute traumatic brain injury
(TBI) and definitive surgery are associated with poor outcomes. Use of the “3 delays” model …

A prospective neurosurgical registry evaluating the clinical care of traumatic brain injury patients presenting to Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda

BJ Kuo, SD Vaca, JRN Vissoci, CA Staton, L Xu… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Background Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is disproportionally concentrated in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs), with the odds of dying from TBI in Uganda more than 4 times …

Changes in mortality related to traumatic brain injuries in the Seychelles from 1989 to 2018

A Abio, P Bovet, B Valentin, T Bärnighausen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are a significant source of disability and
mortality, which disproportionately affect low-and middle-income countries. The Republic of …

Characteristics of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury of motorcycle crashes in Bandung, Indonesia

A Faried, AM Bachani, AN Sendjaja, YW Hung… - World neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a critical public health and
socioeconomic problem. As one of the leading causes of mortality and disability from road …

Machine learning algorithms to predict in-hospital mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury

SD Hsu, E Chao, SJ Chen, DY Hueng, HY Lan… - Journal of Personalized …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can lead to severe adverse clinical outcomes, including death
and disability. Early detection of in-hospital mortality in high-risk populations may enable …

Assessment of the neurosurgical capacity in Ghana: challenges and opportunities

N Abu-Bonsrah, T Totimeh, US Kanmounye… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Low-and middle-income countries experience numerous challenges in the
provision of neurosurgical care. However, limited information exists on the neurosurgical …

Clinical epidemiology of head injury from road-traffic trauma in a developing country in the current era

AO Adeleye, MI Ogun - Frontiers in neurology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Objectives Africa and other Asian low middle-income countries account for the greatest
burden of the global road-traffic injury (RTI)-related head injury (HI). This study set out to …