Epidemiological findings in traumatic post-comatose unawareness.
We have examined the epidemiological background of 134 consecutive patients admitted to our centre who suffered from post-traumatic unconsciousness of over 1 month's duration. The incidence of such unconsciousness in Israel is estimated as 4 per 1,000,000, or one case in 410 hospitalizations for head trauma. The cause of trauma was a road accident in 69% of cases. Among victims, pedestrians and cyclists were more likely than four-wheeled vehicle drivers and their passengers to suffer from prolonged unconsciousness, from which they were less likely to recover.
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Loewenstein Hospital Rehabilitation Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000401:mortality*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003128:Coma / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000401:mortality*