Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research

AIR Maas, DK Menon, GT Manley, M Abrams… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has the highest incidence of all common
neurological disorders, and poses a substantial public health burden. TBI is increasingly …

Intracranial pressure: current perspectives on physiology and monitoring

GWJ Hawryluk, G Citerio, P Hutchinson, A Kolias… - Intensive care …, 2022 - Springer
Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is now viewed as integral to the clinical care of many
life-threatening brain insults, such as severe traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid …

Intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with acute brain injury in the intensive care unit (SYNAPSE-ICU): an international, prospective observational cohort study

C Robba, F Graziano, P Rebora, F Elli… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The indications for intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring in patients with acute
brain injury and the effects of ICP on patients' outcomes are uncertain. The aims of this study …

Clustering identifies endotypes of traumatic brain injury in an intensive care cohort: a CENTER-TBI study

CAI Åkerlund, A Holst, N Stocchetti, EW Steyerberg… - Critical care, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background While the Glasgow coma scale (GCS) is one of the strongest outcome
predictors, the current classification of traumatic brain injury (TBI) as 'mild','moderate'or …

Proceedings of the first curing coma campaign NIH symposium: challenging the future of research for coma and disorders of consciousness

J Claassen, Y Akbari, S Alexander, MK Bader, K Bell… - Neurocritical care, 2021 - Springer
Coma and disorders of consciousness (DoC) are highly prevalent and constitute a burden
for patients, families, and society worldwide. As part of the Curing Coma Campaign, the …

Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury in China: a prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, observational study

G Gao, X Wu, J Feng, J Hui, Q Mao, F Lecky… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Large-scale studies are required to better characterise traumatic brain injury
(TBI) and to identify the most effective treatment approaches for TBI. However, evidence is …

Occurrence and timing of withdrawal of life-sustaining measures in traumatic brain injury patients: a CENTER-TBI study

E van Veen, M Van Der Jagt, G Citerio… - Intensive care …, 2021 - Springer
Background In patients with severe brain injury, withdrawal of life-sustaining measures
(WLSM) is common in intensive care units (ICU). WLSM constitutes a dilemma: instituting …

Clinical descriptors of disease trajectories in patients with traumatic brain injury in the intensive care unit (CENTER-TBI): a multicentre observational cohort study

CAI Åkerlund, A Holst, S Bhattacharyay… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with traumatic brain injury are a heterogeneous population, and the
most severely injured individuals are often treated in an intensive care unit (ICU). The …

Mining the contribution of intensive care clinical course to outcome after traumatic brain injury

S Bhattacharyay, PF Caruso, C Åkerlund, L Wilson… - npj Digital …, 2023 - nature.com
Existing methods to characterise the evolving condition of traumatic brain injury (TBI)
patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) do not capture the context necessary for …

Intracranial pressure monitoring in adult patients with traumatic brain injury: challenges and innovations

T Zoerle, E Beqiri, CAI Åkerlund, G Gao… - The Lancet …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Intracranial pressure monitoring enables the detection and treatment of intracranial
hypertension, a potentially lethal insult after traumatic brain injury. Despite its widespread …