Biomarkers collected on the day of traumatic brain injury had significant prognostic value for death and unfavorable outcome but not for incomplete recovery at 6 months, according to a study published ...

The use of CT-based automation for traumatic brain injury may serve as a valuable tool for clinicians to predict disability outcomes in patients. Utilizing automated computed tomography (CT) scans to ...

A team of Australia's leading health researchers has developed a new "dictionary" to better predict outcomes for people who have experienced a moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The work is ...

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately evaluating prognosis is challenging in patients on life-sustaining thery.

Antidepressant use prior to traumatic brain injury was not associated with worse short-term outcomes for individuals ...

The studies looked at ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 (UCH-L1) and glial fibrillary acid protein (GFAP) -- both previously approved by the FDA to help clinicians decide whether to ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days that follow. For many other organs, blood tests can indicate acute injury, ...

Chronic pain of any type affected 40% of patients after traumatic brain injury (TBI), with bodily pain occurring more frequently than headache, new research showed. Additionally, risk for chronic pain ...