Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury: Introduction

Traumatic Brain Injury: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden physical assault on the head causes damage to the brain. The damage can be focal, ... more about Traumatic Brain Injury.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Brain injury from trauma or accident. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Traumatic Brain Injury is available below.

Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury

• Headache
• Nausea
• Confusion
• Cognitive problems
• Personality changes
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Traumatic Brain Injury:

• Concussion
• Coma
• Death
• Brain damage
• Permanent brain damage
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Traumatic Brain Injury

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Diagnostic Tests for Traumatic Brain Injury

• Glasgow Coma Scale
• Eye opening response
• Verbal response
• Motor response
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury?

• Misdiagnosis of Traumatic Brain Injury
• Failure to diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury
• Hidden causes of Traumatic Brain Injury (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury: Self Assessment Tools

• Stroke -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Traumatic Brain Injury: Marketplace Products, Discounts & Offers

Products, offers and promotion categories available for Traumatic Brain Injury:

• Pain
• Arthritis & Pain
• Injury & Recovery
• Sleeping & Insomnia
• Stroke
• Brain
• more product offers...»

Traumatic Brain Injury: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - ADHD can be undiagnosed in adults.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Traumatic Brain Injury

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical...read more »

Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps, particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes. However, there are also various other causes. See causes of leg...read more »

Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms of severe brain injury are hard to miss, it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild concussion...read more »

MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked. This is particularly true of mild traumatic...read more »

Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed. It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease...read more »

Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on their return. A variety of symptoms can occur in post-concussion syndrome and these...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine...read more »

Vitamin B12 deficiency under-diagnosed: The condition of Vitamin B12 deficiency is a possible misdiagnosis of various conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (see ...read more »

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists):
  • Pediatric Neurosurgery (Child Neurosurgeon)
  • Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Neurodevelopment Disabilities
  • Neurosurgery (Brain Surgery)
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (Nerve/Muscle/Bone Specialists)
  • Neuroradiology
  • Vascular Neurology
  • Neuropathology
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Stroke & Vascular Specialists:
  • Vascular Neurology (Brain Blood Vessels)
  • Vascular & Interventional Radiology
  • Vascular Surgery (Blood Vessel Surgeon)
  • Neuropathology (Brain Diagnostics)
• more specialists...»

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Traumatic Brain Injury: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
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  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury

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More information about causes of Traumatic Brain Injury:

• Triggers for Traumatic Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injury as a complication caused by other conditions
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News Archives for Traumatic Brain Injury

Medical news articles related to Traumatic Brain Injury include:

• Taser Stun Guns Can Cause Brain Injury
• Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for Iraq Vets
• Alzheimer's Drug May Reduce Preemie Brain Injury
• Senior Falls Can Lead to Brain Injury
• Seizures Likely Sign of Brain Injury After Stroke
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Traumatic Brain Injury

Medical research articles related to Traumatic Brain Injury include:

• Hypothermia Therapy after Traumatic Brain Injury in Children
• Long-term risk of epilepsy after traumatic brain injury in children and young adults: a population-based cohort study.
• Interventions for apathy after traumatic brain injury
• A critical comparison of clinical decision instruments for computed tomographic scanning in mild closed traumatic brain injury in adolescents and adults
• A randomized controlled trial of holistic neuropsychologic rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury
• Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury in active duty military personnel and veterans: defense and veterans brain injury center randomized controlled trial of two rehabilitation approaches
• Towards an understanding of sex differences in functional outcome following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review
• Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on a large cohort of international patients. MRC Crash Trial Collaborators
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

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Patient Surveys for Traumatic Brain Injury

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Prognosis for Traumatic Brain Injury

Prognosis for Traumatic Brain Injury: The outcome of TBI depends on the cause of the injury and on the location, severity, and extent of neurological damage: outcomes range from good recovery to death. Doctors often use the Glasgow Coma Scale to rate the extent of injury and chances of recovery. The scale (3-15) involves testing for three patient responses: eye opening, best verbal response, and best motor response. A high score indicates a good prognosis and a low score indicates a poor prognosis. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page: NINDS)

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Reseach about Traumatic Brain Injury

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Clinical Trials for Traumatic Brain Injury

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Traumatic Brain Injury include:

• Evaluation of an Intervention Model for Family Crisis and Support - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Proteomics of Brain Trauma-Associated Elevated Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Comparative Efficacy of Three Preparations of Botox-A in Treating Spasticity - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Botox-A
• Supporting Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Caregivers - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Age of Blood in Brain Injury - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 131 Clinical Trials for Traumatic Brain Injury

Statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury

• Medical statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury
• Death and Mortality statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury
• Society statistics for Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury: Broader Related Topics

• Brain conditions
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Types of Traumatic Brain Injury

Types of Traumatic Brain Injury

• Focal brain injury - one local area of damage
• Diffuse brain injury - multiple areas of damage
• more types...»

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Article Excerpts about Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when a sudden physical assault on the head causes damage to the brain. The damage can be focal, confined to one area of the brain, or diffuse, involving more than one area of the brain. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page: NINDS)