• Kézély Béavogui, Akoï Koïvogui, Tokpagnan Oscar Loua, Ramata Baldé, Boubacar Diallo, Aminata Rougui Diallo, Zézé Béavogui, Koué Goumou, Vamala Guilavogui, N'famara Sylla, Morad Chughtai, Adnan I Qureshi, Aissatou Taran Diallo, and Naby Daouda Camara.
• Department of Neurosurgery, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea ; Zeenat Qureshi Clinical Neurosciences Institute, Donka National Hospital, Conakry, Guinea.
• J Vasc Interv Neurol. 2015 Oct 1; 8 (4): 30-8.

BackgroundTraumatic brain injury related to road traffic accidents poses a major challenge in resource-poor settings within Guinea.ObjectiveTo analyze the impact of treatment delay, access to healthcare, and patient's financial capacity on duration of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality.MethodologyData from patients with traumatic brain injury secondary to motor vehicle accident admitted to a reference hospital (public or private) in Guinea during 2009 were analyzed. The association between various factors (treatment delay, access to healthcare, and patient's financial capacity) and prolonged hospital stay (>21 days) and in-hospital mortality were analyzed using two multivariate logistic regression models.ResultsThe mean (±standard deviation) duration of hospital stay was 8.0 (±8.1) days. The risk of prolonged hospital stay increased by 60% when the time interval between accident and hospital arrival was greater than 12 hours compared with those in whom the time interval was less than 6 hours (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 1.6, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.0-2.6, p = 0.03). Compared with patients with low-financial capacity, patients with medium-financial capacity (adjusted OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.4-0.8, p = 0.001) and those with high capacity (adjusted OR = 0.6, 95% CI = 0.4-0.9, p = 0.02) were less likely to have a prolonged hospital stay. The risk of in-hospital mortality was 2.6 times higher in patients with time interval between accident and hospital arrival greater than 12 hours compared with those in whom the time interval was less than 6 hours (adjusted OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.1-6.2 p = 0.03). In-hospital mortality was not related to patient's financial capacity.ConclusionProlonged hospital stay and higher in-hospital mortality was associated with longer time interval between accident and hospital arrival. This delay is attributed to inadequate condition of intercity roads and lack of emergency medical services.

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