What happens after a TBI?
Keywords: TBI, TBI treatment, TBI patient pathway, TBI emergency treatment, TBI severity, precision medicine What happens after a TBI? This question comes as a follow up to “Why is TBI considered a global burden?” which describes the epidemiology of TBI,...
TBI in Europe – new insigths
Keywords: TBI, epidemiology TBI in Europe – introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) constitutes a major medical, socioeconomic, and systematic problem around the world. In the United States, there are approximately 235,000 hospitalizations each year for brain injuries, with almost half...
Treatment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) across Europe – findings from CENTER-TBI
Changing care pathways and between-center practice variations in intensive care for traumatic brain injury across Europe: a CENTER-TBI analysis Keywords: traumatic brain injury (TBI), management, ICU admission Epidemiology of TBI Why is treatment of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) across Europe...
TBI and sexual functioning – what is the correlation?
Keywords: TBI, sexual functioning TBI incidence and causes Before finding out the correlation between TBI and sexual functioning let’s find out what is TBI. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) represents an important pathology caused by a physiological disruption of the brain,...
The importance of biomarkers in acute TBI
Keywords: biomarkers, TBI, S100B, GFAP, UCH-L1, TBI outcomes What is the importance of biomarkers in acute TBI? Biomarkers are defined by the National Institutes of Health Biomarkers Definitions Working Group as “a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as...