The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
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J Head Trauma Rehabil · Jan 2006
Causes of death following 1 year postinjury among individuals with traumatic brain injury.
To investigate causes of death in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ Long-term follow-up of individuals with TBI should increase vigilance for, and prevention of, diagnoses frequently causing death (circulatory disorders) and diagnoses with a high relative risk of causing death in this population (seizures, septicemia, respiratory and digestive conditions, and external causes of injury).