Citation

Maegele M. Lancet Neurol. 2020; 19(8): 637-639.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S1474-4422(20)30208-8

PMID

32702323

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a substantial medical and socioeconomic challenge worldwide, and reliable data on epidemiology, care pathways, and outcomes are still lacking because of heterogeneity in definitions, data collection, and reporting. The pan-European Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research (CENTER-TBI) study paves the way for large-scale collaborative studies on TBI across continents, using common definitions and harmonised data collection. In The Lancet Neurology, Guoyi Gao and colleagues report the results of the Chinese sister study--the CENTER-TBI China registry study including 13 138 patients from 52 centres. For the first time, clinical data of TBI in China have been collected in a format that is compatible with standardised common data elements and identical inclusion criteria. Despite limitations--eg, data collection restricted to patients in neurointensive care or preselected neurosurgical centres and to outcome at discharge only--the results can be considered as representative of how care for patients with TBI is delivered in China today. The study covered two-thirds of all Chinese provinces and had a median enrolment of 137 patients per centre...

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