Brain Injury

Updated American Heart Association Guidelines for CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular Care included the Neurological Pupil Index and automated pupillometry as an objective measure of brain injury prognosis after cardiac arrest.

Patients with brain injury tend to have odd symptoms and feel like no one understands or is listening to them. Often, by the time they see me, they are petrified that their symptoms might last for the rest of their life.

by Nancy M. Mackowsky, OD, FCOVD, FNORA

NEPTUNE, N.J. — Optometrists can play a role in improving the quality of life for patients who suffer from mild traumatic brain injury, Maria Richman, OD, FAAO, said here at the New Jersey Academy of Optometry continuing education meeting.

by John Breck, DO

Technology used to track vertical smooth pursuit helped diagnose moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury in a recent study published in Concussion.

by Michael Steiner, PT, DPT

by Michael A. Longyear, DC, DACNB, CCSP

A blood test that the FDA approved in 2018 for mild traumatic brain injury had the same sensitivity and negative predictive value in older patients as it did in younger patients, thus providing clinicians with what one researcher called a “valuable” triaging tool in a vulnerable population.

by Matthew B. Panzer, PhD