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Chapter 9 - Interhospital Transfer of Brain-Injured Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

By
Thomas Price ,
Gareth Allen  and
Robbie Thorpe
Edited by
Peter C. Whitfield ,
Jessie Welbourne ,
Elfyn Thomas ,
Fiona Summers ,
Maggie Whyte  and
Peter J. Hutchinson
Peter C. Whitfield
Affiliation:
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Jessie Welbourne
Affiliation:
University Hospitals, Plymouth
Elfyn Thomas
Affiliation:
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth
Fiona Summers
Affiliation:
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Maggie Whyte
Affiliation:
Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Peter J. Hutchinson
Affiliation:
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
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Summary

Neurosurgical services in the UK are organised regionally into 34 acute neuroscience centres. Brain injury, both traumatic and non-traumatic, is common, and patients often present to local hospitals requiring further treatment in a neuroscience centre. Between April 2014 and June 2015, 15 820 patients suffered a traumatic brain injury in the UK. Of these, 6258 were transferred directly to a neuroscience centre, 5880 were not admitted to a neuroscience centre and 3682 underwent a secondary transfer from the admitting hospital to a neuroscience centre.1 In addition to traumatic brain injury, indications for non-traumatic causes of brain injury requiring acute transfer to a neuroscience centre continue to increase.

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Traumatic Brain Injury
A Multidisciplinary Approach
 , pp. 86 - 96
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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