In Brief: This study used telephone surveys as a novel method of measuring health outcomes and tracking healthcare utilization in pediatric head trauma patients at the national referral hospital in Uganda. As the first-ever long-term follow-up of this patient population in Uganda, this work establishes a baseline of pediatric head trauma outcomes and lays the groundwork for tracking and improving outcomes for similar patients in low-resource settings.
Keywords: GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; GOS = Glasgow Outcome Scale; GOS-E = Extended GOS; GOSE-Peds = Extended GOS–Pediatric Revision; MNRH = Mulago National Referral Hospital; RTI = road traffic injury; TBI = traumatic brain injury; Uganda; follow-up; global neurosurgery; head trauma; outcome; pediatric TBI.