Podcast 737: TBI Outcomes

<p><strong>Contributor: Aaron Lessen, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Study evaluating patient outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI) over 1 year</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Trial followed patients with severe TBI (GCS 3-8) and moderate TBI (GCS 9-12)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">At 1 year out ½ of the severe TBI group were able to be independent for at least 8 hours per day; ⅔ were independent to this level at one year in the moderate TBI group</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">¼ of the patient who were in a vegetative state 2 weeks after the traumatic brain injury had good outcomes at 1 year</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McCrea MA, Giacino JT, Barber J, et al. Functional Outcomes Over the First Year After Moderate to Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in the Prospective, Longitudinal TRACK-TBI Study. JAMA Neurol. 2021;78(8):982-992. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2043</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://emergencymedicalminute.org/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=6bIZ91UwjZALMiRLAEcQYYPHyLILwbivQwgtGl3JzaB6oGAQK1B2nrGSGvrS-g7zJApXzVlWIO-lmLfB"> <span s