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A Mouse Model of Single and Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Published on: June 20, 2017
Mild traumatic brain injury
P E Vos1, Y Alekseenko, L Battistin
1Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands. p.vos@neuro.umcn.nl
Abstract:
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is among the most frequent neurological disorders. Of all TBIs 90% are considered mild with an annual incidence of 100–300/100.000. Intracranial complications of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) are infrequent (10%), requiring neurosurgical intervention in a minority of cases (1%), but potentially life-threatening (case fatality rate 0,1%). Hence, a true health management problem exists because of the need to exclude the small chance of a life threatening complication in large numbers of individual patients. The 2002 EFNS guidelines used a best evidence approach based on the literature until 2001 to guide initial management with respect to indications for CT, hospital admission, observation and follow up of MTBI patients. This updated EFNS guideline version for initial management inMTBI proposes a more selectively strategy for CT when major (dangerous mechanism, GCS<15, 2 points deterioration on the GCS, clinical signs of (basal) skull fracture, vomiting, anticoagulation therapy, post traumatic seizure) or minor (age, loss of consciousness, persistent anterograde amnesia, focal deficit, skull contusion, deterioration on the GCS) risk factors are present based on published decision rules with a high level of evidence. In addition clinical decision rules for CT now exist for children as well. Since 2001 recommendations, although with a lower level of evidence, have been published for clinical in hospital observation to prevent and treat other potential threads to the patient including behavioral disturbances (amnesia, confusion and agitation) and infection.
Insights
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) management requires careful assessment to rule out rare but serious complications. Updated guidelines offer a selective CT strategy based on identified risk factors for better patient outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Neurology
- Emergency Medicine
- Neurosurgery
Background:
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a common neurological disorder, with 90% being mild (MTBI).
- Intracranial complications from MTBI are rare (10%) but can be life-threatening, posing a significant health management challenge.
- Previous EFNS guidelines (2002) provided a framework for MTBI initial management based on literature until 2001.
Purpose of the Study:
- To update EFNS guidelines for the initial management of MTBI.
- To propose a more selective strategy for CT scans in MTBI patients.
- To incorporate evidence-based clinical decision rules for CT and hospital observation.
Main Methods:
- Literature review and evidence-based approach to update existing guidelines.
- Development of selective CT scan criteria based on major and minor risk factors.
- Inclusion of clinical decision rules for pediatric MTBI.
- Review of recommendations for in-hospital observation post-MTBI.
Main Results:
- The updated guidelines propose a selective CT strategy for MTBI patients with specific major and minor risk factors.
- Clinical decision rules for CT scans are now available for both adults and children.
- Recommendations for in-hospital observation address potential complications like behavioral disturbances and infection.
Conclusions:
- Updated EFNS guidelines provide a more selective approach to CT imaging in MTBI.
- Risk factor stratification aids in identifying patients who require neuroimaging.
- Guidelines support optimized in-hospital observation for MTBI patients to prevent secondary complications.
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