Article
Pediatrics
Christina M. Theodorou, Miriam Nuno, Kaeli J. Yamashiro, Erin G. Brown
Summary: Children with abusive traumatic brain injury have higher mortality, longer length of stay, and higher hospital charges compared to those with TBI due to motor vehicle collisions, suggesting the importance of prevention and early identification of abuse.
JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Christos Lazaridis, Ali Mansour, Ronald Alvarado-Dyer, Ruth Tangonan, Andrea Loggini, Christopher Kramer, Fernando D. Goldenberg
Summary: Civilian firearm-inflicted penetrating brain injury (PBI) results in high morbidity and mortality rates. There is a relationship between coagulopathy and cerebrovascular injuries, which can affect the severity of injuries and prognosis predictions. Further research is needed to clarify the role of coagulopathy in brain injuries.
CURRENT NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Tai Kyung S. Hairston, David Philpott, Leticia Manning Ryan, Isam Nasr, Marquita Genies, Oluwakemi Badaki-Makun
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on high acuity trauma in children, with a decline in cases initially followed by an increase from August 2020 onwards. The number of high acuity assaults and cases of confirmed or suspected physical child abuse increased, while falls, drownings, and motor vehicle accidents decreased. High acuity assaults and physical child abuse cases were more common in disadvantaged areas and involved younger patients.
INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Daniel A. Lopez, Zachary P. Christensen, John J. Foxe, Laura R. Ziemer, Paige R. Nicklas, Edward G. Freedman
Summary: The study found that children who experienced possible mTBI or mTBI are at a higher risk of emotional or behavioral problems. However, brain metrics did not clearly mediate the relationship between mTBI and mental health outcomes.
Editorial Material
Medicine, General & Internal
Shan-Chia Wu, Wilson T. Lao, Chia-Hsun Lu
Summary: A 17-year-old female presented to the emergency room with an arrow lodged in her neck, narrowly missing the right vertebral artery. Emergency surgery was performed to extract the arrowhead, with a neurosurgeon ensuring hemostasis. The patient was discharged on the fifth hospital day with no neurological deficit.
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Aldo Jose Ferreira da Silva
Summary: A 9-month-old child presented with frequent crying and delayed developmental milestones due to chronic subdural hematoma caused by playing with a rattle toy. Conservative treatment was decided with good results in this case. The main differential diagnosis for these traumatic brain injuries is abuse, but subdural hematomas in such cases are usually multiple and have specific locations.
WORLD NEUROSURGERY
(2021)
Article
Criminology & Penology
Julie L. Crouch, David J. Bridgett, Joel S. Milner, Kreila Cote, Gabriela Lelakowska, America Davila, Erin McKay, Shelby Savoree
Summary: This study investigates the behavioral responses of parents at risk for child physical abuse to prolonged infant crying by using a simulated infant. The findings show that high-risk caregivers exhibit lower quality caregiving behaviors, are more likely to discontinue the task early, and report higher levels of negative affect throughout the data collection session. Overall, the study highlights the importance of early intervention to support caregivers in effectively responding to prolonged infant crying.
JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
(2023)
Article
Emergency Medicine
M. Katherine Henry, Benjamin French, Chris Feudtner, Mark R. Zonfrillo, Daniel M. Lindberg, James D. Anderst, Rachel P. Berger, Joanne N. Wood
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate cervical MRI and CT practices in young children with non-MVC-associated traumatic brain injury (TBI), finding that abusive head trauma victims are at increased risk of cervical injuries.
PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Vicki Anderson, Stephen J. C. Hearps, Cathy Catroppa, Miriam H. Beauchamp, Nicholas P. Ryan
Summary: This study investigated the different trajectories of social recovery and the influencing factors in children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through long-term observation. The results showed that social recovery was linked to intact family and parent function, pre-injury adaptive abilities, post-injury cognition, and social participation. Factors related to social impairment included poor pre- and post-injury adaptive abilities, increased behavioral concerns, and deteriorated parent health and family function.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Family Studies
Carla Smith Stover, Hilary Hahn, Kaitlin R. Maciejewski, Carrie Epstein, Steven Marans
Summary: This study explores the effects of an early and brief trauma-focused mental health treatment on posttraumatic stress symptoms in children. The findings indicate that the treatment can effectively reduce these symptoms when implemented by community-based providers.
CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Jennifer Bogner, John D. Corrigan, Juan Peng, Chelsea Kane, Kathryn Coxe
Summary: The adapted Screening, Education, and Brief Intervention (Adapted SBI) may help slow the resumption of alcohol use following traumatic brain injury (TBI), but did not significantly impact the amount of alcohol consumed each week.
REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Michelle O'Sullivan, Steven Fitzsimons, Sara da Silva Ramos, Michael Oddy, Annette Sterr
Summary: The study found that domestic abuse is the most frequently reported cause of head injury among female prisoners. Those with head injuries resulting in loss of consciousness have been to prison more times and committed more violent offenses. However, no significant differences were found in self-reported psychological and neurobehavioral measures, or cognitive functioning between the two groups.
Article
Neurosciences
Daniel J. King, Stefano Seri, Cathy Catroppa, Vicki A. Anderson, Amanda G. Wood
Summary: Pediatric traumatic brain injury can lead to inconsistent changes in brain morphology, with this study focusing on the relationship between cortical organization and long-term cognitive impairment post-pTBI. While specific reductions were found in structural covariance strength between controls and pTBI patients with executive function impairment, node-level differences were primarily in frontal regions. The study suggests that post-injury cortical thickness reductions in regions central to structural covariance topology may explain poor executive function outcomes in some patients.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Andrea Klang, Yasmina Molero, Paul Lichtenstein, Henrik Larsson, Brian Matthew D'Onofrio, Niklas Marklund, Christian Oldenburg, Elham Rostami
Summary: The study found that there is insufficient and unequal access to rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. It highlights the importance of organizing and standardizing post-TBI rehabilitation to meet the needs of all patients, regardless of their age, socioeconomic status, or living area.
NEUROREHABILITATION AND NEURAL REPAIR
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Alejandro Moya, Elena Pretel, Elena Navarro, Javier Jaen
Summary: The increasing number of people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) presents a challenge for practitioners in designing the rehabilitation process due to their multiple deficits. This study focuses on analyzing the clustering algorithms used to group TBI patients and aims to determine the purposes, deficits, algorithms, features, data pre-processing techniques, parameters, and efficiency/effectiveness achieved by these algorithms.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE REVIEW
(2023)