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The Epidemiology and Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury A Brief Overview

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An overview of the epidemiology and impact of TBI is presented, which shows that the number of Americans living with TBI-related disability and their efforts to return to a full and productive life are increasing.
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem in the United States and worldwide. The estimated 5.3 million Americans living with TBI-related disability face numerous challenges in their efforts to return to a full and productive life. This article presents an overview of the epidemiology and impact of TBI. Language: en

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Consensus statement on concussion in sport—the 5th international conference on concussion in sport held in Berlin, October 2016

TL;DR: This document is developed for physicians and healthcare providers who are involved in athlete care, whether at a recreational, elite or professional level, and provides an overview of issues that may be of importance to healthcare providers involved in the management of SRC.
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes: progressive tauopathy after repetitive head injury.

TL;DR: This work reviews 48 cases of neuropathologically verified CTE recorded in the literature and document the detailed findings of CTE in 3 professionalathletes, 1 football player and 2 boxers.
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The impact of traumatic brain injuries: A global perspective

TL;DR: There is a large gap in data on incidence, risk factors, sequelae, financial costs, and social impact of TBI, and this should be addressed through planning of comprehensive TBI prevention programs in LMICs through well-established surveillance systems.
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Animal models of traumatic brain injury

TL;DR: There is a compelling need to revisit the current status of animal models of TBI and therapeutic strategies, as promising neuroprotective drugs identified as being effective in animal TBI models have all failed in Phase II or Phase III clinical trials.
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Prevention of perinatal group B streptococcal disease. Revised guidelines from CDC.

TL;DR: Although universal screening for GBS colonization is anticipated to result in further reductions in the burden of GBS disease, the need to monitor for potential adverse consequences of intrapartum antibiotic use, such as emergence of bacterial antimicrobial resistance or increased incidence or severity of non-GBS neonatal pathogens, continues.
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Traumatic brain injury in the United States: A public health perspective.

TL;DR: Rates of TBI-related hospitalization have declined nearly 50% since 1980, a phenomenon that may be attributed, in part, to successes in injury prevention and also to changes in hospital admission practices that shift the care of persons with less severe TBI from inpatient to outpatient settings.
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Incidence and Economic Burden of Injuries in the United States

TL;DR: This book updates a landmark Report to Congress from 1989 with comprehensive estimates of the incidence and economic burden of injuries with more timely data, despite major changes in the fields of prevention, reporting and surveillance.
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Documented head injury in early adulthood and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias

TL;DR: Moderate and severe head injuries in young men may be associated with increased risk of AD and other dementias in late life, and the authors cannot exclude the possibility that other unmeasured factors may be influencing this association.
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