Researchers Study New Method of Assessing Severity of Pediatric TBI

5th August, 2019

9 August 2019, Newsletter, TBI

[Source: Medical X-Press]

A team of international scientists, including Melbourne researchers, has found blood samples can help gauge the severity of children’s brain injuries, indicating which children will recover and which will need ongoing support.

The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), working with Canadian scientists, analysed blood from 158 children who presented with head injuries at children’s hospitals in Melbourne, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver from 2011 to 2013. These patients were selected from a pool of 1680 children who presented with head injuries. Their results were

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