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#5Thoughts Friday
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12/03/2021
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Blows to the head are common among America's kids, with close to 7% showing signs of a brain injury at some time in childhood, U.S. health officials report.
Sports, falls and abuse are likely causes, experts say.
Concussions and other head injuries are more common among white kids than Black or Hispanic kids. And prevalence increases with age — from 2% in children up to 5 years old to 12% in 12- to 17-year-olds, officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
The researchers also found that boys are more likely than girls to suffer head trauma.
"It will be important to continue to monitor these disparities in the hopes of better understanding the pathways that lead to both having a brain injury or concussion and seeking medical care," said researcher Benjamin Zablotsky. He is a statistician at the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), in Hyattsville, Md.
Because the study relied on parent reports, Zablotsky noted the number of reported head injuries may be underestimated.
The best medicine is to not suffer a brain injury, said Dr. Jose Prince, a pediatric surgeon at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
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BIAMD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
March 24-25
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
The Brain Injury Association of Maryland will hold its 2022 Annual Conference LIVE IN PERSON on March 24th-25th in Baltimore, Maryland. This year's Conference Committee is now accepting applications for breakout session presentations on all topics that affect individuals with brain injuries, their families, and the professional healthcare providers that care for them.
Every year, for over three decades, we have been able to provide a forum to amazing researchers, healthcare providers, family members and survivors who bring their unique perspectives and stories to our conference attendees.
If you are interested in presenting at our conference next March, please complete the online application form below. We look forward to seeing you then.
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Brain patterns can be difficult to predict. This is especially true when neurological disorders or traumatic brain injuries are involved.
“For TBI, among other neurological disorders, the information provided by neuroimaging can play a crucial role in diagnosing the disorder and predicting its development.”
How does neuroimaging work?
One technique involves Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology that documents brain activity in pictures.
The technology can serve many purposes in neuroscience. This includes providing a path to predicting TBI’s severity, as Obafemi-Ajayi and her team of researchers have found.
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The toolkit is a collaboration with the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA).
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Toolkit — Traumatic Brain Injury and Substance Use Disorders: Making the Connections
This toolkit merges the content on traumatic brain injury (TBI) and substance use disorders (SUD) to expand capacity to address both issues in treatment. The author, Dr. Carolyn Lemsky, is a board-certified neuropsychologist with over 25 years of experience working in rehabilitation settings in the U.S. and Canada. The toolkit provides valuable and practical information for advancing behavioral health providers’ capacity when serving persons who have brain injuries. The toolkit is a collaboration with the Mountain Plains Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center and the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA).
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A three-year study of more than 1,000 patients found that the risk of delayed intracranial hemorrhage and death following head trauma was significantly higher for adults taking older blood thinning medications including clopidogrel (Plavix) and warfarin (Coumadin), according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Taking aspirin concurrently with any blood thinner may increase the risk of delayed hemorrhage.
Intracranial hemorrhage occurs when blood vessels within the brain rupture, releasing blood into the brain tissue. In a delayed traumatic intracranial hemorrhage, bleeding in the brain occurs after the initial trauma, usually within 48 hours, after an initial negative head CT.
High blood pressure, head injury and the use of blood thinners are known causes of intracranial hemorrhage. As the population ages, the prevalence of patients taking blood thinners is increasing.
"The incidence of delayed posttraumatic intracranial hemorrhage in patients on different types of blood thinners with and without the addition of aspirin is not well established," said Warren Chang, M.D., neuroradiologist and director of research at the Imaging Institute of the Allegheny Health Network in Pennsylvania. "This is an active area of investigation, especially as novel blood thinners become more widely adopted."
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