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Coagulopathy in Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurocritical Care, 2004
Abnormalities in blood coagulation, although quite common after traumatic brain injury (TBI), are of unknown significance. The authors review the clinical and pathophysiological features of this phenomenon and emphasize its origin in disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Sherman C, Stein, Douglas H, Smith
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Sleep in Traumatic Brain Injury

Critical Care Clinics, 2015
More than one-half million patients are hospitalized annually for traumatic brain injury (TBI). One-quarter demonstrate sleep-disordered breathing, up to 50% experience insomnia, and half have hypersomnia. Sleep disturbances after TBI may result from injury to sleep-regulating brain tissue, nonspecific neurohormonal responses to systemic injury, ICU ...
James, Vermaelen, Patrick, Greiffenstein, Bennett P, deBoisblanc   +2 more
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Pain and traumatic brain injury

Acute Pain, 2007
For the patient who has sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI), understanding the problem and listening to and believing the patient are prerequisites to treating pain. Because the information provided may be limited, communication skills problematic, and consistency variable, the challenge of treating individuals with TBI and pain can be daunting ...
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Pharmacology of traumatic brain injury

Current Opinion in Pharmacology, 2003
The intensity of experimental and clinical research to identify a neuroprotective drug for the treatment of traumatic brain injury is motivated by the devastating morbidity and mortality of this condition. Encouraging experimental work has led so far to disappointing clinical trials and the identification of new potential therapeutic targets is ...
Royo, N C, Shimizu, S, Schouten, J W, Stover, J F, McIntosh, T K   +4 more
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Sleep and Traumatic Brain Injury

Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2016
Post-traumatic sleep-wake disturbances are frequent and often chronic complications after traumatic brain injury. The most prevalent sleep-wake disturbances are insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, and pleiosomnia, (i.e., increased sleep need).
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Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury

Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2012
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of neurological morbidity globally, and neurologic sequelae may occur even in the setting of mild injury. At present, the tools that guide diagnostic and prognostic evaluation of patients who suffer from TBI remain limited, especially for prehospital evaluation.
Richa, Sharma, Daniel T, Laskowitz
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Neuroprotection in traumatic brain injury

Drug Discovery Today, 2008
The management of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is challenging and there is a need for neuroprotective therapies. A better understanding of the pathomechanism of TBI, particularly of the evolution of secondary damage, is providing targets for new approaches and selected ones in clinical development are described.
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Traumatic Brain Injury

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 2005
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as "a blow or jolt to the head ...which can disrupt the function of the brain" (CDC. Traumatic brain injury [TBI]: Topic Home. 2004 [http://www.cdc.gov]). TBI changes the lives of approximately 2 million persons each year in the United States.
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

Continuum
This article reviews the mechanisms of primary traumatic injury to the brain and spinal cord, with an emphasis on grading severity, identifying surgical indications, anticipating complications, and managing secondary injury.Serum biomarkers have emerged for clinical decision making and prognosis after traumatic injury. Cortical spreading depolarization
Jamie E, Podell, Nicholas A, Morris
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Traumatic and nontraumatic brain injury

2013
The neurological consequences of an acquired brain injury (ABI), of traumatic or nontraumatic origin, are caused by an alteration of neuronal activity that compromises physical integrity or function of one or more areas of the brain. Impairments resulting from an ABI often affect cognitive function, as well as language, memory, attention, and ...
Alessandro, Giustini, Caterina, Pistarini, Camilla, Pisoni   +2 more
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