Andres M Rubiano, David S Vera, Jorge H Montenegro, Nancy Carney, Angelica Clavijo, Jose N Carreño, Oscar Gutierrez, Jorge Mejia, Juan D Ciro, Ninel D Barrios, Alvaro R Soto, Paola A Tejada, Maria C Zerpa, Alejandro Gomez, Norberto Navarrete, Oscar Echeverry, Mauricio Umaña, Claudia M Restrepo, Jose L Castillo, Oscar A Sanabria, Maria P Bravo, Claudia M Gomez, Daniel A Godoy, German D Orjuela, Augusto A Arias, Raul A Echeverri, Jorge Paranos
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global public health problem. In Colombia, it is estimated that 70% of deaths from violence and 90% of deaths from road traffic accidents are TBI related. In the year 2014, the Ministry of Health of Colombia funded the development of a clinical practice guideline (CPG) for the diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with severe TBI. A critical barrier to the widespread implementation was identified-that is, the lack of a specific protocol that spans various levels of resources and complexity across the four treatment phases...
January 2020: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice