Introduction Cerebral edema (CE) is the key factor for the development of secondary brain injuries after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This edema may be assessed using the averaged Apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measured by diffusion-weighted MRI in specified ROI. However, this approach does not take into account the complexity and the heterogeneity of the post traumatic edema. The...

This article reviews aspects of management of traumatic brain and spinal cord injury. A discussion of management of intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injury is followed by a discourse on cerebrovascular trauma and pediatric injuries. Specific management methods are discussed, including medical and surgical management in intracranial hypertension. A special attempt is made to include t...

background: accidents are the second reason for mortality and morbidity in iran. among them, brain injuries are the most important damage. clarification of the effects of brain injuries on different body systems will help physicians to prioritize their treatment strategies. in this study, the effect of pure brain trauma on the cardiovascular system and lungs 24 hours post trauma was assessed. m...

background: central renin angiotensin system has an important role on the cerebral microcirculation and metabolism. our previous work showed that inhibition of angiotensin converting enzyme (ace) activity prior to induction of ischemia protected the brain from severe ischemia/reperfusion (i/r) injuries. this study evaluated the impacts of post-ischemic inhibition of ace, enalapril, on brain inf...

Until recently, there has been a lack of significance placed on concussion in association football, particularly mainstream media coverage. Contemporary incidents and research show that traumatic brain injuries, which may result

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been diagnosed in nearly 300,000 members of the US armed forces since 2000 [1]. Common symptoms of these injuries include concussion, loss of spatial navigation, behavior/mood changes and memory loss [2‐3]. Blast‐related TBI poses a significant problem for military personnel both in combat and in training. Primary blast loading, the blast loading caused by the i...

Vascular risk factors (e.g. hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes) are well known risk factors for Alzheimer' disease. These vascular risk factors lead to vascular brain injuries, which also increase the likelihood of dementia. The advent of amyloid PET imaging has helped establish that vascular risk factors also lead to Alzheimer's disease via pathways that are independent from vascular brai...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We aimed to determine the association between scalp hematoma characteristics and traumatic brain injuries in young children with blunt head trauma who have no other symptoms or signs suggestive of traumatic brain injuries (defined as "isolated scalp hematomas"). METHODS This was a secondary analysis of children younger than 24 months with minor blunt head trauma from a prospec...