Recommendations of the Colombian Consensus Committee for the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in Prehospital, Emergency Department, Surgery, and Intensive Care (Beyond One Option for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury: A Stratified Protocol [BOOTStraP]) - Rubiano AM, Vera DS, Montenegro JH, Carney N, Clavijo A, Carre ño JN, Gutierrez O, Mejia J, Ciro JD, Barrios ND, Soto AR, Tejada PA, Zerpa MC, Gomez A, Navarrete N, Echeverry O, Umaña M, Restrepo CM, Castillo JL, Sanabria OA, Bravo MP, Gomez CM, Godoy DA, Orjuela GD, Arias AA, Echeverri RA, Paranos J.

Background  Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global public health problem. In Colombia, it is estimated that 70% of deaths from violence and 90% of deaths from road traffic accidents are TBI related. In the year 2014, the Ministry of Health of Co...
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