Blood Tests in Newly Brain-Injured Patients Predict Death, Severe Disability

Tool May Inform Treatment Trajectory, Encourage More Aggressive Life-Saving Interventions in Some CasesBlood tests taken within 24 hours of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) flag which patients are likely to die and which patients are likely to survive with severe disability, according to a study headed by UCSF, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.

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