Sport-related concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries that demand timely recognition and management. This review explores current evidence on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment strategies ...

Background Pupil reactivity and the Glasgow Coma Scale (CCS) score are the most clinically relevant information to predict the survival of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. Objective We evaluated ...

Objectives The Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) is widely used to predict survival in patients with trauma; however, its predictive accuracy in paediatric populations remains suboptimal. In ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of "complicated" mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

A woman who was placed in a medically induced coma has revealed what it was like to feel "trapped" in her own body—still able to hear, feel and see her surroundings. Earlier this year, Toyosi Adeneye ...

Introduction: The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is the most commonly used scale for assessment of patients with acute neurological injury in critical care settings. The post-resuscitation admission ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

A new framework expands TBI assessment beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale. The assessment has four pillars: clinical, biomarker, imaging, and modifiers. The framework is intended for patients with TBI of ...

The new scale, called the CBI-M framework, will use clinical data like blood biomarker and imaging results, as well as the patient’s mental health and preexisting conditions, among other things. Also ...

Advanced tools offer improved insights into patients' condition and their potential for recovery. What's new: After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries gets an overhaul.

Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up ...