Independent skills practice between music therapy sessions linked to fewer symptoms in TBI/PTSD patients
Music Homework Between Sessions Helps Veterans Recover Better
This retrospective observational analysis of military-connected individuals with traumatic brain injury and/or post-traumatic stress disorde…
Simple music exercises at home may help veterans feel better between therapy visits.
Adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation associated with reduced neurobehavioral symptoms in chronic mTBI with PTSD
Vagus nerve stimulation may help chronic brain injury symptoms in PTSD patients
This retrospective post-hoc subgroup analysis of adults with chronic mTBI and PTSD symptoms examined adjunctive non-invasive vagus nerve sti…
A small study suggests non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation could reduce symptoms in people with both chronic brain injury and PTSD.
Aerobic exercise shows limited cognitive benefit in brain injury rehabilitation pilot study
Early study finds mixed results on exercise for brain injury recovery
This randomized controlled pilot study enrolled 12 participants with acquired brain injury.
A small study found aerobic exercise improved working memory for brain injury patients, while routine therapy boosted visual search speed in…
Mannitol reduces optic nerve sheath diameter and ICP in traumatic brain injury patients
Ultrasound Shows Brain Pressure Dropping Fast After Treatment
A prospective cohort study of 71 traumatic brain injury patients in a Neurocritical Care Unit found that mannitol infusion decreased optic n…
A quick ultrasound scan can accurately show if a dangerous drop in brain pressure is happening after treatment.
Short-course beta-lactam prophylaxis reduces early-onset VAP in mechanically ventilated patients with acute brain injury
Short Antibiotics Cut Early Lung Infections in Brain Injury Patients
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated short-course systemic beta-lactam antibiotic prophylaxis versus control in 1,673 mechanic…
Short antibiotic courses cut early lung infections in brain injury patients on ventilators, reducing hospital stays without increasing death…
Prospective cohort study links age, GCS, and CT scores to posttraumatic confusional state duration in TBI patients
How Long Is the Confusion After a Brain Injury
A prospective inception cohort of 424 neurosurgical patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury found that shorter PTCS duration…
Age and injury severity, not past education or brain health, determine how long confusion lasts after a serious head injury.
Prospective study finds no microstructural damage in acute mild traumatic brain injury using MAP-MRI
New MRI technique shows little structural change in mild brain injury patients compared to healthy controls
This prospective observational study evaluated 417 participants from civilian and military populations with acute mild traumatic brain injur…
New MRI scans show no structural damage in mild brain injury patients, suggesting current imaging misses subtle changes that standard tests …
Systematic review finds lower FA on DTI in mild TBI patients compared to controls
What a Special Brain MRI Keeps Revealing About Concussions
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 26,287 participants with mild TBI found that lower fractional anisotropy (FA) on diffusion tensor i…
A special MRI technique called DTI keeps finding real brain differences after mild concussions, even when standard scans look normal.
Surgical management of post-traumatic hydrocephalus in TBI shows variable outcomes and lacks firm consensus on indications
When the Brain's Drainage System Fails After Injury
This narrative review examines surgical strategies for post-traumatic hydrocephalus in individuals sustaining traumatic brain injury.
After a traumatic brain injury, up to one in three people can develop a slow, silent fluid buildup — and picking the right drain can shape t…
IVIM MRI detects region-specific CSF motion alterations in patients with mild traumatic brain injury compared to healthy controls
MRI Shows Brain Fluid Moves Differently After Mild Head Injury
This prospective observational study evaluated intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI in 14 patients with mild traumatic brain injury and 1…
New scans reveal brain fluid moves differently after a mild head injury, even when patients feel fine and standard tests look normal.
Traumatic brain injury-related deaths analyzed in US population over 18-year period
What did 18 years of traumatic brain injury death data in the U.S. reveal?
An observational study analyzed traumatic brain injury-related death data in the United States population over an 18-year period (2000-2017)…
CDC data from 2000 to 2017 shows traumatic brain injury deaths remain a major public health concern across the entire United States.
Review examines cerebral microbleeds as imaging markers in traumatic brain injury
Review examines brain microbleeds as potential markers for traumatic brain injury
A narrative review synthesizes literature on cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) in traumatic brain injury.
Tiny brain bleeds seen on MRI scans may signal how severe the damage is to the fibers connecting brain cells after a traumatic injury.
Questions about Brain Injury
Can short-course antibiotics help prevent lung infections in mechanically ventilated Brain Injury patients?
Short-course beta-lactam antibiotics can reduce early lung infections in ventilated brain injury patients, but they do not prevent late-onset infections or lower death rates.
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