Traumatic brain injury.

How common is traumatic brain injury?

Minor traumatic brain injury often remains untreated

Minor traumatic brain injury often remains untreated

Traumatic brain injury is one of the most common causes of death in Germany, especially among men under 30 years of age. However, it is difficult to gather precise data on the incidence of this type of trauma as a substantial number of patients with minor traumatic brain injury do not seek medical care. However, even in these cases, inpatient monitoring and further diagnostics would be necessary, especially for at-risk patients (e.g. those aged over 65 years), particularly as the onset of symptoms such as impaired consciousness may only occur some time after the trauma occurs.

10,000 deaths per year caused by traumatic brain injury

The number of patients with traumatic brain injury in Germany is about 280,000 per year. Eighty percent of the patients hospitalised in these cases exhibit minor traumatic brain injury, while approximately 10 percent are suffering from moderate and another 10 percent from severe traumatic brain injury. About 10,000 patients die each year from the direct and indirect consequences of traumatic brain injury, with almost 5,000 patients requiring nursing care. Happily, this number is falling year on year, primarily thanks to a drop in the incidence of such injuries in younger people.

Interview regarding traumatic brain injury with Dr. Marion Mertl-Rötzer, Bad Aibling

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    Here, you can listen to an interview with Dr. med. Marion Mertl-Rötzer, Speciality Registrar at the Schön Klinik Bad Aibling.

    Launch interview with Dr. Mertl-Rötzer

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