Defining Acute Traumatic Encephalopathy: Methods of the "HEAD Injury Serum Markers and Multi-Modalities for Assessing Response to Trauma" (HeadSMART II) Study.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-8-2021
Publication Title
Frontiers In Neurology
Abstract
Despite an estimated 2.8 million annual ED visits, traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a syndromic diagnosis largely based on report of loss of consciousness, post-traumatic amnesia, and/or confusion, without readily available objective diagnostic tests at the time of presentation, nor an ability to identify a patient's prognosis at the time of injury. The recognition that "mild" forms of TBI and even sub-clinical impacts can result in persistent neuropsychiatric consequences, particularly when repetitive, highlights the need for objective assessments that can complement the clinical diagnosis and provide prognostic information about long-term outcomes. Biomarkers and neurocognitive testing can identify brain injured patients and those likely to have post-concussive symptoms, regardless of imaging testing results, thus providing a physiologic basis for a diagnosis of acute traumatic encephalopathy (ATE). The goal of the HeadSMART II (HEAD injury Serum markers and Multi-modalities for Assessing Response to Trauma) clinical study is to develop an
Volume
12
First Page
733712
Recommended Citation
Peacock WF, Kuehl D, Bazarian J, Singer AJ, Cannon C, Rafique Z, d'Etienne JP, Welch R, Clark C, Diaz-Arrastia R. Defining Acute Traumatic Encephalopathy: Methods of the "HEAD Injury Serum Markers and Multi-Modalities for Assessing Response to Trauma" (HeadSMART II) Study. Front Neurol. 2021 Dec 8;12:733712. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.733712. PMID: 34956041; PMCID: PMC8693379.
DOI
10.3389/fneur.2021.733712
ISSN
1664-2295
PubMed ID
34956041