Tag: Traumatic Brain Injury
PTSD, TBI Interact With APOE ε4 to Raise Alzheimer, Dementia Risk
Significant additive APOE ε4 interactions seen with PTSD and TBI in veterans of European ancestry
Day-of-Injury Biomarkers May Predict Functional Outcome After TBI
Plasma concentrations of glial fibrillary acidic protein and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 may predict death, unfavorable outcomes
Consumer Product-Related TBI Up in Children
While incidence was higher among boys, annual percentage increases since 2013 were higher in girls
Study Explores Employment, Economic Consequences of mTBI
Significant association seen between work status at 12 months after injury and postconcussion symptoms experienced after injury
Pre-TBI Headache Affects Diagnosis of Posttraumatic Headache
Patients with headaches prior to TBI less likely to receive diagnosis of PTH, despite 25.7 percent reporting new, worsening headache
Few Brains From Deceased Military Personnel Have Evidence of CTE
All brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy were from decedents who had participated in contact sports
Link Between Major Traumatic Brain Injury, Dementia Examined
Risk factors most strongly attenuating the association between major TBI and dementia were alcohol consumption, physical activity
Traumatic Brain Injury May Up Risk for Developing Comorbidities
Risk for chronic cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic conditions increased with any degree of severity of traumatic brain injury
Posttraumatic Epilepsy More Likely to Be Drug Resistant
Lowest quality of life reported for those with posttraumatic epilepsy, drug-resistant epilepsy
Odds of Poor Long-Term Outcome High With Combat Concussion
Service members sustaining combat concussion were 37 to 49 times more likely to be in the worse disability trajectory
