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QUALITY INDICATORS FOR PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

Dr Nimra Suhail, Dr Rao Muhmmad Nouman Shahid, Dr Sohaib Khalid

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the major cause of trauma-related death and hospital admissions. Therefore, patients with (severe) TBI need specialized neuro intensive care treatment at an intensive care unit (ICU). Objective: The purpose of the study was to identify the quality indicators for traumatic brain injury patients in ICUs. Methods: We applied a previously researched quality indicator set based on a Delphi study to the CENTER-TBI study. That study consisted 17 structure, 16 process, and 9 outcome indicators for adult patients with TBI at the ICU. It was appraised that this initial set would be in need of further validation. Results: A total of 24 (11 structure, 7 process, and 6 outcome indicators) of the 42 indicators of the Delphi set were recruited from the CENTER-TBI database. Conclusion: Future researches should centre the implementation and quality improvement efforts and continuous re assessment of the quality indicators.