The new framework, known as CBI-M, comprises four pillars— clinical, biomarkers, imaging, and modifiers.
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New Traumatic Brain Injury Assessment Tool May Aid Diagnoses and Offer Better Treatment
The new framework, known as CBI-M, comprises four pillars— clinical, biomarkers, imaging, and modifiers.
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After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries( TBI) is getting an overhaul that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up for patients.
Developed by a coalition of experts and patients from 14 countries and led by the National Institutes of Health, the new framework will include biomarkers, neuroimaging scans, and factors such as other medical conditions and how the trauma occurred. Details of the new framework are published in the May 20 issue of Lancet Neurology.
“ A complete overhaul of the way we characterize and conceptualize the severity of traumatic brain injury is long overdue,” said Kristen Dams-O’ Connor, Ph. D., Director of the Brain Injury Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and co-first author of the paper.
“ TBI is a complex injury to the most complicated organ in our bodies, and for decades we have commonly used terms like‘ mild,’‘ moderate,’ and‘ severe’ to categorize it. These terms are not adequate for informing acute-care needs or predicting long-term