Special Issue Information ; Dear Colleagues, As many of you already know, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a growing public health problem of substantial proportions. More than 50 million TBIs occur internationally each year. Across all ages, TBI represents 30–40% of all injury-related deaths, and neurological injury is projected to remain the most important cause of disability from neurological disease until 2030. Severe TBI has a high mortality rate, estimated at 30–40% in observational stu...
This cohort study examines the differences in the characteristics and outcomes of patients with sports-related and non–sports-related traumatic brain injury.
This research brief describes the first comprehensive study of care for mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion, in the Military Health System, including patient characteristics, care settings,...
Traumatic brain injury initiates several metabolic processes that can exacerbate the injury. There is evidence that hypothermia may limit some of these deleterious metabolic responses.In a randomiz...
The authors analyzed data from 69 published case studies of Psychotic Disorder Due to Traumatic Brain Injury (PDTBI) in order to describe its common characteristics and assist in its diagnosis and...
Objective: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussion are... CSP characteristics were defined based on width or “grade” (0-1 vs. 2+) and length of anterior-posterior separation...
Characteristics of post-traumatic headaches in children following mild traumatic brain injury and their response to treatment: a prospective cohort. by Andrea Kuczynski, Susan Crawford, Lisa Bodell...
The effects of harvesting media on biological characteristics and repair potential of neural stem cells after traumatic brain injury. by Shengliang Liu, Zhuying Li, Jin Fu, Liang Sun, Fengyan Xu, T...
Individuals with moderate–severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) experience a transitory state of impaired consciousness and confusion often called posttraumatic confusional state (PTCS)...
Nationally, there was a 17% increase in age-adjusted rate of traumatic brain injury–related deaths due to falls, highlighting the importance of preventing falls, especially among older adults.