25 potential mild TBI cases were identified by reviewing all family physician records in a given 3-month period. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: The diagnostic criteria of primary care physicians were compared with the diagnostic criteria of an expert physician. Results: 516 of...
This study evaluated the prevalence and specificity of diagnostic criteria for postconcussional syndrome (PCS) in 178 adults with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 104 with extracranial trauma. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) and Internat...
The reason some patients with 9–12 were considered for enrollment was because mild and moderate TBI are often difficult to assess and distinguish clinically during the first hours after injury if patients are intoxicated, medicated, in emotional distress, or in severe pain. Our goal was to enrol...
Long- lasting mental fa- tigue after traumatic brain injury-A major problem most of- ten neglected diagnostic criteria, assessment, relation to emo- tionaland cognitive problems, cellular background, and as- pects on treatment. In: Sadaka F, editor....
kind of nanotechnology, however, these criteria have not yet been fully met to interface with the nervous system. The most noteworthy aspects of nanotechnology's contributions to neuroscience will be those that have a deep understanding of the underlying biology and use this knowledge in the ...
patient age, comorbidities, and the neurological exam. Internationally renowned guidelines [e.g., Canadian CT head rule, New Orleans Criteria, NICE clinical guideline, NEXUS II] report sensitivities close to 100% for the detection of intracranial pathologies requiring surgical intervention [15,16,17...
2. The logodd criterion for all possible results of 3 tests Visually the logodds criterion finds the test with the largest difference be- tween the logodds for a positive and a negative test result. 2.3 Differences between the Logodds and the Error Criteria The following example shows that the...
This systematic review evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonographic optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measurement for detecting elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. A comprehensive search identified 1,234 articles, with 10 meeting inclusion criteria. ...
Whether treating trauma patients at a large full-scope trauma center or caring for patients in austere environments, the gold standard for evaluating patients with sight-threatening injuries is clinical ophthalmologic examination. However, medical imagin
[55]. thomas et al. used a different criterion for assessing the performance of lrr versus venography in a group of 131 legs with clinically suspected dvt, classifying a dvt by a flat or a virtually flat lrr trace [54]. using the shape of the lrr trace as the diagnostic criteria, they...