Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury

• Characterizing Intimate Partner Violence-Related Head Trauma in Community-Recruited Women
• Pediatric Brain Injuries are Associated With Intimate Partner Violence-Related Brain Injuries Among Women in Adulthood
• Rehabilitation and violence-related traumatic brain injury: A scoping review
• Improvements in Safety Outcomes Following Brief Healthcare-Based Intimate Partner Violence Interventions among Women Who Screen Positive for Intimate Partner Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injuries
• Detecting a hidden pandemic: The current state and future direction of screening and assessment tools for intimate partner violence-related brain injury
• Pathophysiology, blood biomarkers, and functional deficits after intimate partner violence-related brain injury: Insights from emergency department patients and a new rat model
• Listening to the Voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Regional and Remote Australia About Traumatic Brain Injury From Family Violence: A Qualitative Study
• Epidemiology of Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in the United States, 2018 to 2021: A National Trauma Data Bank Cohort Analysis of 3891 Patients

see also Violence-Related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Experiencing multiple mTBIs over the lifetime increases the number of subsequent violence, and domestic violence, including child abuse-related charges and convictions but not for all offense types in males but not for females. These findings highlight the need for improved recognition and treatment of mTBI to prevent future engagement in antisocial behavior ¹⁾.

Violence-related etiology was nearly five times more common in Latin America, raising concerns about the potential implications of post-traumatic stress and family adjustment after injury. Although both groups likely could use mental health support, this was particularly true of the U.S. cohort, maybe due to differential demographics, mechanisms of injury, or family and community support ²⁾

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a public health problem in Ethiopia. We need more knowledge about the epidemiology and neurosurgical management of TBI patients to identify possible focus areas for quality improvement and preventive efforts.

In a prospective cross-sectional study (2012-2016) at the four teaching hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. All surgically treated TBI patients were included, and details on clinical presentation, injury types, and trauma causes were registered.

They included 1087 patients (mean age 29 years; 8.7% females; 17.1% < 18 years of age). Only 15.5% of TBIs were classified as severe (Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score 3-8). Depressed skull fracture (DSF; 44.9%) and epidural hematoma (EDH; 39%) were the most frequent injuries. Very few patients were polytraumatized (3.1%). Assault was the most common injury mechanism (69.9%) followed by road traffic accidents (RTA; 15.8%) and falls (8.1%). More than 80% of patients came from within 200 kms of the hospitals, but the median time to admission was 24 hours. Most assault victims (80.4%) were injured more than 50 kms from the hospitals, whereas 46% of RTA victims came from the urban area. Delayed admission was associated with higher GCS scores and non-severe TBI (p < 0.01).

The injury panorama delayed admission, and few operations for severe TBI are linked to a substantial patient selection both before and after hospital admission. The results also suggest that there should be a geographical framework for tailored guidelines, preventive efforts, and development of prehospital and hospital services ³⁾.