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Exploratory Predictive Models for Expansive Intracranial Hematoma Development and Surgical Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients in Uganda: A Prospective Cohort Analysis

  • By

  • Larrey Kasereka Kamabu

  • Godfrey S. Bbosa

  • Ronald Oboth

  • Ssenyondwa John Baptist

  • Martin N. Kaddumukasa

  • Daniel Deng

  • Hervé Monka Lekuya

  • Louange Maha Kataka

  • Joel Kiryabwire

  • Moses Galukande

  • Martha Sajatovic

  • Mark Kaddumukasa

  • Anthony T. Fuller

  • Michael M. Haglund

  • September 15, 2026

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    A prospective cohort study in Uganda found that 59.3% of patients with traumatic brain injury experienced expansive intracranial hematoma.

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    Quality-of-life measures were significantly worse in patients with expansive intracranial hematoma at 3 and 6 months postoperatively.

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    The Firth bias-reduced logistic regression model showed strong discrimination for predicting expansive intracranial hematoma with an AUC of 0.854.

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    Exploratory predictive models included variables such as subdural hematoma, diffuse axonal injury, and blood pressure measurements.

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    The study emphasizes the need for external multicenter validation of predictive models before clinical implementation in low-resource settings.

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Predictive models for the occurrence of expansive intracranial hematomas and outcomes after surgical evacuation in patients with traumatic brain injury in Uganda: a prospective cohort study

  • by Larrey Kasereka Kamabu, Godfrey S. Bbosa, Ronald Oboth, Ssenyondwa John Baptist, Martin N. Kaddumukasa, Daniel Deng, Hervé Monka Lekuya, Louange Maha Kataka, Joel Kiryabwire, Moses Galukande, Martha Sajatovic, Mark Kaddumukasa, Anthony T. Fuller, Michael M. Haglund

  • September 15, 2026

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