2019 Volume 42 Issue 2 Pages 71-88
The Japan Neurotrauma Data Bank (JNTDB) Project 2015 study was conducted from April 2015 to March 2017 in 1,345 registered traumatic brain injury patients. Thirty two emergency medical centers took part in the study. Patients with severe head injury were eligible for entry with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 8 or less at admission. Patients who underwent craniotomy were also included. Data entry form with 175 items were created originally from multi–factorial views. The results show that the patients with severe traumatic brain injury in Japan are aging rapidly. However the outcome of patients had almost unchanged, because of aggressive treatments. After this, the data of JNTDB P2015 should be analyzed from various points of view. We have to post about the appropriate approach of treatment for the geriatric traumatic brain injury patients prior to the other developed countries.
