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Brain Injury with Tammy Kirkwood

Re-hospitalization rates for traumatic brain injury higher than previously reported

The study, led by Dr. Angela Colantonio, senior scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, UHN, examined nearly 30,000 TBI patients discharged from Ontario hospitals over the span of eight years. Published in the May edition of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the study found that about 36 per cent of patients with TBI had been re-hospitalized within three years of their initial injury due to a variety of factors. Previously, readmission rates had been reported at about 25 per cent.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-05-re-hospitalization-traumatic-brain-injury-higher.html

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