HOUSTON: Two decades ago, the Brain Trauma Foundation published its first set of guidelines for treating traumatic brain injury.
Now, a study has found that compliance with those guidelines doesn’t necessarily translate into better results for patients.
Trauma centres found no evidence that compliance with the guidelines led to lower mortality rates.
“There is no direct connection between the rate at which a hospital does what it is supposed to do for traumatic brain injury patients and how likely their patients are to die from their injuries after we adjust for other important patient characteristics,” said…