Embracing chaos: the scope and importance of clinical and pathological heterogeneity in mTBI

SB Rosenbaum, ML Lipton - Brain imaging and behavior, 2012 - Springer
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) manifests a wide array of clinical features, indicating great
heterogeneity of its underlying pathologic features. mTBI diversity is related to pre-injury …

Biodegradable polymeric nanostructures in therapeutic applications: opportunities and challenges

SK Shukla, SK Shukla, PP Govender, NG Giri - RSC advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable polymeric nanostructures (BPNs) have shown great promise in different
therapeutic applications such as diagnosis, imaging, drug delivery, cosmetics, organ …

Sleep disturbances among soldiers with combat-related traumatic brain injury

J Collen, N Orr, CJ Lettieri, K Carter, AB Holley - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Sleep complaints are common among patients with traumatic brain injury.
Evaluation of this population is confounded by polypharmacy and comorbid disease, with …

Comparison of predictability of Marshall and Rotterdam CT scan scoring system in determining early mortality after traumatic brain injury

A Deepika, AR Prabhuraj, A Saikia, D Shukla - Acta neurochirurgica, 2015 - Springer
Background Marshall computed tomographic (CT) classification is widely used as a
predictor of outcome. However, this grading system lacks the following variables, which are …

BDNF blended chitosan scaffolds for human umbilical cord MSC transplants in traumatic brain injury therapy

W Shi, D Nie, G Jin, W Chen, L Xia, X Wu, X Su, X Xu… - Biomaterials, 2012 - Elsevier
This study tested the cytotoxicity of a BDNF blended chitosan scaffold with human umbilical
cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs), and the in vitro effect of BDNF blended chitosan …

Prognostic value of FOUR and GCS scores in determining mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury

A Saika, S Bansal, M Philip, BI Devi, DP Shukla - Acta neurochirurgica, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is considered the gold standard for
assessment of unconsciousness in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) against which …

Mild traumatic brain injury defined by Glasgow Coma Scale: is it really mild?

B Joseph, V Pandit, H Aziz, N Kulvatunyou… - Brain injury, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Introduction: Conventionally, a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 13–15 defines
mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). The aim of this study was to identify the factors that predict …

Traumatic brain injuries: experience from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan.

MS Umerani, A Abbas, S Sharif - Turkish neurosurgery, 2014 - europepmc.org
Aim Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes for morbidity, mortality and
economic loss. The impact is much worse in developing countries like Pakistan. The …

MR imaging findings in mild traumatic brain injury with persistent neurological impairment

G Trifan, R Gattu, EM Haacke, Z Kou… - Magnetic resonance …, 2017 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a widespread cause of neurologic disability, with> 70% of
cases being mild in severity. Magnetic resonance imaging provides objective biomarkers in …

Quality of life after traumatic brain injury: Finnish experience of the QOLIBRI in residential rehabilitation.

ST Siponkoski, L Wilson… - Journal of …, 2013 - medicaljournalssweden.se
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate health-related quality of life of traumatic brain injury patients who
have received intensive multidisciplinary residential rehabilitation. To examine the …