Abbott gains Health Canada approval for its i-STAT TBI test, enabling rapid bedside concussion detection via whole blood.

The joint guidelines indicate that "the brain death or death by neurologic criteria evaluation is, first and foremost, based ...

Key points A 36-year-old Black woman presented to the emergency department in a coma (Glasgow Coma Scale 4) after an unwitnessed fall in the bathroom. She was healthy before the fall and had had 2 ...

Traumatic brain injuries can have lasting effects on memory, mood, and aging. Explore what causes these issues—and how they’re treated.

For patients with traumatic brain injury, cold-stored platelet transfusion was feasible and lowered surgical interventions, according to a recently published study.

On the Glasgow coma scale, which paramedics use to judge consciousness, Schies was rated the lowest possible score. “Me and a rock were the same,” Schies of Myerstown said of his state after ...

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 ...

Each year in the United States, nearly 5 million adults and children seek medical care for a traumatic brain injury.

The framework appears in the May 20 issue of Lancet Neurology. For 51 years, trauma centers have used the Glasgow Coma Scale to assess patients with TBI, roughly dividing them into mild, moderate, and ...

There has been no change in condition for Mr Valdivia in the past two weeks. His Glasgow Coma Scale score - which measures levels of consciousness - remains at the lowest possible level.

Other evaluation methods, such as the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), are also employed to assess TBIs and concussion. The GCS assesses the severity of TBI by evaluating eye opening, verbal response and ...