Search Tag: Traumatic brain injury

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Endotypes-of-traumatic-brain-injury

2022 09 Aug

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a heterogeneous disease. It has various injury mechanisms and tissue pathologies. It is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in young individuals globally. In addition, the incidence of TBI in older patients is an area of concern with an increase in an ageing population that is more likely to be multi-morbid and...Read more

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The-incept-study-impact-of-post-traumatic-cerebral-infarction

2020 12 Feb

Post-traumatic cerebral infarction (PTCI) is common after traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity mostly among young people, but its incidence is also increasing in older people, particularly in high-income countries. The outcome of a TBI depends on several factors, including patient characteristics, disease...Read more

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Treatment-of-high-intracranial-pressure-after-traumatic-brain-injury

2020 11 Jan

One of the most frequent causes of death and disability after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is high intracranial pressure (ICP). ICP is generally treated with usual techniques such as normothermia, sedation, etc. and first-line therapeutic strategies such as moderate hypocapnia, mannitol etc. However, in patients where these measures do not work,...Read more

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Tranexamic-acid-reduces-head-injury-deaths

2019 19 Oct

According to new research findings, early treatment with tranexamic acid could reduce deaths in traumatic brain injury patients by as much as 20%. The findings are published in The Lancet.  Every year, there are approximately 60 million new cases of TBI worldwide. Bleeding in or around the brain due to tearing of blood vessels is a common complication...Read more

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Blood-test-unmasks-concussions-absent-on-ct-scans

2019 28 Aug

It has been highlighted that patients suffering from a concussion can have CT scans which show no irregularities and patients can go on to be discharged with no further treatment. A new, cost-effective blood test may be able to identify these patients for subsequent evaluation.   The study, from UC San Francisco, analysed 450 patients who had obtained...Read more

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End-tidal-co2-levels-vs-arterial-co2-levels-in-children-with-tbi

2019 23 Aug

For patients with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), the partial pressure of CO 2 , arterial (PaCO 2 ) can be adjusted to help with the regulation of cerebral perfusion. However, this can prove difficult to carry out in children. The non-invasive method of capnography measures end-tidal CO 2 (EtCO 2 ) and is often used for paediatric patients as an alternative...Read more

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2019 11 May

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Hypothermia-in-neurocritical-care-patients-other-than-cardiac-arrest

2018 16 Mar

Hypothermia (HT) is a cornerstone of neuroprotective strategies and has been used in critical care for acutely brain injured adult patients for many years. This review aims to discuss the clinical evidence supporting the use of HT in neurocritical care patients beyond care after cardiac arrest (CA), such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), acute ischaemic...Read more

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Managing-ards-in-traumatic-brain-injury

2018 15 Jan

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients frequently suffer from lung complications and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which is associated with poor clinical outcomes. However, there are inadequate data addressing the safety or efficacy of ventilator strategies used in ARDS in adult patients with TBI, says an article published in Journal of...Read more

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2017 22 Nov

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Improving-quality-of-care-in-severe-traumatic-brain-injury-patients

2017 22 Nov

Process indicator-based plan-do-act-check cycle in a single-centre quality improvement initiative To assess whether intracranial pressure (ICP) management in severe traumatic brain injury patients is being applied according to our institutional protocol we developed a process indicator aimed at improving quality of care. Background...Read more

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Prototype-helmet-device-uses-eeg-to-detect-tbi-early

2016 21 May

A portable system to detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been developed in Norway. The helmet-based system can run EEG tests at the scene of an accident or in an ambulance, and has been patented by Smartbrain. Haldor Sjåheim at Smartbrain explained that the EmerEEG system allows fast EEGs to be run. "The diagnostics and outcomes for many patient...Read more