War-related traumatic brain injuries during the Syrian armed conflict in Damascus 2014–2017: a cohort study and a literature review

Table 7 A comparison of published articles on war-related traumatic brain injuries during the Syrian armed conflict

Study—Country	Study period	Patients’ count	Male/ Female^a	Shrapnel/ Gunshot^a	GCS^ab	Surgery rate^a	Mortality rate^a
Aras et al. 2014—Turkey [23]	04.2011–01.2013	186	166/20 (89.2) Including 16 children (8.6)	126/60 (67.7)	≤ 7: 102 (54.8) ≥ 8: 84 (45.1)	88 (47.3)	59 (31.7)
Barhoum et al. 2015—Israel [21]	03.2013–05.2014	66	54/5 (91.5) + 7 children (10.6)^c	25/10 (71.4)^d	Average (range): 9 (3–15)	46 (69.6)	3 (4.5)
Can et al. 2017—Turkey [20]	01.2014–06.2014	104	96/8 (92.3)	All gunshot	≤ 6: 17 (16.3) ≥ 7: 87 (83.7)	-	38 (36.5)
Jamous et al. 2019—Jordan [22]	06.2012–11.2013	44	38/6 (86.4)	33/11 (75.0)	≤ 7: 20 (45.4) 8–12: 6 (13.6) ≥ 13: 18 (41.0)	25 (56.8)	11 (25.0)^e
Our study	12.2014–11.2017	195	154/41 (79.0) including 61 children (31.3)	127/68 (65.1)	≤ 8: 58 (29.7) 9–12: 34 (17.4) ≥ 13: 103 (52.8)	56 (25.7)	65 (33.3)

^aThe data are presented as N (%)
^b GCS: Glasgow coma score at admission
^cThe seven children were not classified into males and females
^dThe injuries included 31 (47.0%) patients who had assault or combat-independent injuries, but we could not exclude them from the presented values
^e In contrast to all other studies, this mortality rate is calculated during the whole follow-up period that ranged from one to 15 months

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