The optimal management of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients with injuries identified
by computed tomography (CT) brain scan is unclear. Some guidelines recommend hospital …

METHODS This is a prospective, observational, multi-institutional trial across nine Levels I
and II trauma centers. Adult (16 years or older) blunt TBI patients with a positive initial head …

Background The telemedicine program in Albania includes a specialized teleneurotrauma
program. There is only 1 national trauma center with neurosurgery capability in the capital …

BACKGROUND In the last 20 yr, the rate of neurosurgical guideline publication has
increased. However, despite the higher volume and increasing emphasis on quality there …

Importance Reducing low-value care has the potential to improve patient experiences and
outcomes and free up health care resources. Sixteen quality indicators were recently …

Background The Brain Injury Guidelines provide an algorithm fortreating patients with
traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) that does not mandate …

BACKGROUND The modified Brain Injury Guidelines (mBIG) are an algorithm for treating
patients with traumatic brain injury and intracranial hemorrhage by which selected patients …

The objective of this study was to determine if initial or repeat measurements of serum
concentrations of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) or ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 …

BACKGROUND Patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often primarily
managed by emergency medicine and trauma/acute care physicians. The Brain Injury …

Importance The use of quality indicators has been shown to improve injury care processes
and outcomes. However, trauma quality indicators proposed to date exclusively target the …