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Traumatic Brain Injury

Why Do Some Children Have Worse Outcomes After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury?
 Why Do Some Children Have Worse Outcomes After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury? 1024 683 Jessica Nye, PhD
By: Jessica Nye, PhD
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Children had reduced white matter structural connectivity after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) relative to children with complicated-mild TBI (cmTBI) or orthopedic injury (OI). This reduced connectivity may explain some disparities in behavioral outcomes. Children and adolescents who experience a TBI are at risk for psychological and behavioral morbidities. “We find that kids…

Advancing Predictive Models in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
 Advancing Predictive Models in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury 1024 683 Erin Gregory
By: Erin Gregory
MRI or magnetic resonance image of head and brain scan. Close up view, toned image

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of disability and mortality among children, causing thousands of deaths each year. Despite tools such as the Glasgow Outcomes Scale (GOS) and the Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale (PGCS), reliable methods for predicting mortality during initial trauma resuscitation are limited. In a recent study, Katherine Bergus, MD, general…