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Quantitative analysis of conservative treatment for traumatic brain injury in Brazil

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Introduction
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a structural injury of the skull, brain or associated structures. Conservative treatment involves the use of drugs and a non-surgical approach. The present study compares the number of hospitalizations, the total cost and the average length of stay between conservative treatments for mild, moderate and severe TBI in 10 years in Brazil through DATASUS.
Methods
It is a cross-sectional epidemiological study with values ​​obtained from the DATASUS database from December 2011 to November 2021. Data of conservative treatment of mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injury were selected and grouped into Excel for the number of hospitalizations, the average length of stay and total value.
Results
There were 427,916 admissions for mild conservative treatment, 290,130 for moderate TBI and 112,141 for severe. As for the hospital cost, conservative treatment for mild TBI had a total value of $35,7340.07, moderate $61,552,281, and severe $64,395,813. The mean stay in the health care institution was 2.8 days for mild TBI, seven days for moderate TBI, and 11.5 days for severe TBI.
Conclusion
Although conservative treatment for mild TBI was more frequent (51.5%), severe TBI had a higher hospital cost (39.8%), justified by the higher hospital stay and greater demand for supplies to maintain the clinical status. The mean length of hospital stay and total expenses were increasing concerning the severity of the trauma.
Disclosure
The authors report no conflict of interest.

Palavras Chave

traumatic brain injury; tbi; quantitative analysis