Global insights into traumatic brain injury. The low- and middle-income countries' perspective

Cássia Righy^{1

2}, Carla Bittencourt Rynkowski^{3

4}, Ricardo Turon^{2

5}

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Medicine Laboratory, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
² Instituto Estadual do Cérebro "Paulo Niemeyer" - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
³ Department of Emergency and Trauma, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Cristo Redentor - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
⁵ Hospital Niteroi D'Or - Niteroi (RJ), Brazil.

Editorial

Cássia Righy et al. Crit Care Sci. 2025.

. 2025 Jul 11:37:e20250255.

doi: 10.62675/2965-2774.20250255. eCollection 2025.

Cássia Righy^{1

2}, Carla Bittencourt Rynkowski^{3

4}, Ricardo Turon^{2

5}

¹ Intensive Care Medicine Laboratory, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
² Instituto Estadual do Cérebro "Paulo Niemeyer" - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
³ Department of Emergency and Trauma, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Cristo Redentor - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
⁵ Hospital Niteroi D'Or - Niteroi (RJ), Brazil.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: None.

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