A newly proposed framework expands acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) assessment beyond the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS). The framework has four components known as clinical, biomarker, imaging, and ...

More information: Geoffrey T Manley et al, A new characterisation of acute traumatic brain injury: the NIH-NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative, The Lancet Neurology (2025). DOI ...

Glasgow Coma Scale interpretation. Once the assessment has been done, the results are added up: A mild traumatic brain injury has a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 13–15.

Traditionally, TBI severity has been determined using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), categorizing cases as mild, moderate, or severe. However, this method fails to capture the complexity of brain ...

Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It refers to the shearing of the brain’s long connecting nerve fibers, or axons. DAI can occur during a motor vehicle ...

The study comprised TBI patients aged ≥17.0 years across 18 level 1.0 trauma care centers in the US, enrolled in the parent TRACK-TBI study between 26 February 2014 and 27 July 2018, within 1.0 ...

Source Reference: Manley GT, et al "A new characterisation of acute traumatic brain injury: The NIH-NINDS TBI Classification and Nomenclature Initiative" Lancet Neurol 2025; DOI: 10.1016/S1474 ...