Comparison of Care System and Treatment Approaches for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury in China versus Europe: A CENTER-TBI Survey Study

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  • Junfeng Feng
  • Ernest Van Veen
  • Chun Yang
  • Jilske A. Huijben
  • Hester F. Lingsma
  • Guoyi Gao
  • Jiyao Jiang
  • Andrew I.r. Maas
  • Cecilia Åkerlund
  • Krisztina Amrein
  • Nada Andelic
  • Lasse Andreassen
  • Audny Anke
  • Anna Antoni
  • Gérard Audibert
  • Philippe Azouvi
  • Maria Luisa Azzolini
  • Ronald Bartels
  • Pál Barzó
  • Romuald Beauvais
  • Ronny Beer
  • Bo-michael Bellander
  • Antonio Belli
  • Habib Benali
  • Maurizio Berardino
  • Luigi Beretta
  • Morten Blaabjerg
  • Peter Bragge
  • Alexandra Brazinova
  • Vibeke Brinck
  • Joanne Brooker
  • Camilla Brorsson
  • Andras Buki
  • Monika Bullinger
  • Manuel Cabeleira
  • Alessio Caccioppola
  • Emiliana Calappi
  • Maria Rosa Calvi
  • Peter Cameron
  • Guillermo Carbayo Lozano
  • Marco Carbonara
  • Simona Cavallo
  • Giorgio Chevallard
  • Arturo Chieregato
  • Giuseppe Citerio
  • Neurointensive Care
  • Iris Ceyisakar
  • Hans Clusmann
  • Mark Coburn
  • Kondziella, Daniel
  • the Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI) Investigators and Participants
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) poses a huge public health and societal problem worldwide. Uncertainty exists on how care system and treatment approaches for TBI worked in China may differ from those in Europe. Better knowledge on this is important to facilitate interpretation of findings reported by Chinese researchers and to inform opportunities for collaborative studies. We aimed to investigate concordance and variations in TBI care between Chinese and European neurotrauma centers. Investigators from 52 centers in China and 68 in Europe involved in the Collaborative European Neuro Trauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury (CENTER-TBI) study were invited to complete provider profiling (PP) questionnaires, which covered the main aspects of care system and treatment approaches of TBI care. Participating Chinese and European centers were mainly publicly funded and academic. More centers in China indicated available dedicated neuro-intensive care than those in Europe (98% vs. 60%), and treatment decisions in the ICU were mainly determined by neurosurgeons (58%) in China while in Europe, (neuro)intensivists often took the lead (61%). The ambulance dispatching system was automatic in half of Chinese centers (49%), whereas selective dispatching was more common in European centers (74%). For treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension, a decompressive craniectomy was more frequently regarded as general policy in China compared with in Europe (89% vs. 45%). We observed both concordance and substantial variations with regard to the various aspects of TBI care between Chinese and European centers. These findings are fundamental to guide future research and offer opportunities for collaborative comparative effectiveness research to identify best practices.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftJournal of Neurotrauma
Vol/bind37
Udgave nummer16
Sider (fra-til)1806-1817
ISSN0897-7151
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2020

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