The biomarker results—97.6% of patients with a CT-detected intracranial injury such as bleeding tested positive, and 99.7% of patients with a negative test had a normal head CT scan—were quite ...

Concussion patients with a normal head CT scan may believe they are free of brain injury, but CT scans often miss damage at the molecular level, warns a new study. In fact, when doctors examine ...

Blood Test May Accurately Diagnose Traumatic Brain Injury, Need for CT Scan. Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW. ... and 99.7% of patients with a negative test had a normal head CT scan," he said. ...

Concussion patients with a normal head CT scan may believe they are free of brain injury, but CT scans often miss damage at the molecular level, warns a new study. In fact, when doctors examine ...

Recent studies done at the Brain Injury Association of America show more than 3.5 million injuries each year involving a violent blow or jolt to the head that can affect how the brain works.

All 135 patients with mild traumatic brain injuries received CT scans when they were first admitted, and all were given MRIs about a week later. Most of them (99) had no detectable signs of injury on ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disturbance of normal brain functions due to a head injury that everyone is at risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 138 ...

Objectives: The primary aim of this study is to better define both the type and incidence of cranial computed tomography (CT) abnormalities in children following submersion injury. Design: This is ...

MRIs reveal signs of brain injuries not seen in CT scans Date: December 18, 2012 Source: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Summary: Hospital MRIs may be better at predicting long-term ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a disturbance of normal brain functions due to a head injury that everyone is at risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 138 ...