Can serum biomarkers be used to rule out significant intracranial pathology in emergency department patients with mild traumatic brain injury? A systemic review & …

A Rogan, MB O'Sullivan, A Holley, D McQuade… - Injury, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Interest has mounted into the use of objective clinical biomarkers for traumatic
brain injury (TBI). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to synthesise the existing …

Time from injury to operative intervention in traumatic intracranial hematoma: A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis

M Merakis, DP Lewis, N Weaver… - World Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background The outcomes in traumatic intracranial hematoma (TICH) have not improved
significantly despite advances in trauma care. A modifiable factor in TICH management is …

Hypotension and Adverse Outcomes in Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

JW Lee, W Wang, A Rezk, A Mohammed… - JAMA Network …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide.
Hypotension in patients with TBI is associated with poorer outcomes. A comprehensive …

A discrete event simulation to evaluate impact of radiology process changes on emergency department computed tomography access

KL Maass, E Halter, TR Huschka, MY Sir… - Journal of Evaluation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hospitals face the challenge of managing demand for limited computed
tomography (CT) resources from multiple patient types while ensuring timely access …

Undertriage of severely injured trauma patients

K Anderson, M Schellenberg… - The American …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction The American College of Surgeons (ACS) delineates trauma team activation
(TTA) criteria to identify seriously injured trauma patients in the field. Patients are deemed to …

Distinct Serum Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein and Neurofilament Light Time-Courses After Rapid Head Rotations

CM Huber, AD Thakore, RA Oeur… - Journal of …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes significant neurophysiological deficits and is typically
associated with rapid head accelerations common in sports-related incidents and …

Development of a quality indicator set for the optimal acute management of moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in the Australian context

T Jeffcote, CR Battistuzzo, R Roach, C Bell… - Neurocritical Care, 2024 - Springer
Background The aim of this study was to develop a consensus-based set of indicators of
high-quality acute moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) clinical management …

Current trauma team activation processes at Canadian trauma centres: A national survey

TC Stewart, N Lakha, L Milton, M Bérubé - Injury, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Trauma team activation (TTA) allows the provision of specialized and timely
care to improve outcomes for severely injured patients. Limited information is available on …

Impact of easing COVID-19 safety measures on trauma computed tomography imaging volumes

S Rao, J Glavis-Bloom, D Kakish, K Tran-Harding… - Emergency …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to substantial
disruptions in healthcare staffing and operations. Stay-at-home (SAH) orders and limitations …

[HTML][HTML] An international, prospective observational study on traumatic brain injury epidemiology study protocol: GEO-TBI: Incidence

A Joannides, TK Korhonen, D Clark… - NIHR Open …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is unclear–it is estimated to
affect 27–69 million individuals yearly with the bulk of the TBI burden in low-to-middle …