CONCLUSIONS: Emerging evidence highlights the adverse effect of comorbidities on
functional outcome in patients with TBI, so clinical attention to this topic is timely. Future …

Introduction Reports on the association between comorbidity and functional status and risk
of death in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been inconsistent; it is currently …

Objectives Comorbidity in traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been recognised to alter the
clinical course of patients and influence short-term and long-term outcomes. We synthesised …

Objective: To evaluate the impact of physical, mental, and total health condition burden on
functional outcome and life satisfaction up to 10 years after moderate to severe traumatic …

Background Current understanding of comorbidities associated with acquired brain injury
(ABI) and the effects on post-acute ABI outcomes is poor. Objective To describe the …

Background Comorbidity can affect health-care utilization and outcomes, and the results and
interpretation of risk adjustment studies that attempt to predict rehabilitation utilization and …

Holcomb EM, Millis SR, Hanks RA. Comorbid disease in persons with traumatic brain injury:
descriptive findings using the Modified Cumulative Illness Rating Scale. OBJECTIVE: To …

An increasing number of patients are able to survive traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) with
advanced resuscitation. However, the role of their pre-injury health status in mortality in the …

Purpose: This study aims to describe the presence and severity of extracranial concomitant
injuries in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients and to ascertain their effect on long-term …

Background Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently have concomitant injuries;
we aimed to investigate their impact on outcomes. Methods Between February 2002 and …