Early Support of Intracranial Perfusion

Abstract

This report represents the sixth in a multi-year effort to improve outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) utilizing human and animal models. The first two years focused on infrastructure development, development of a basic science protocol, development and institution of two human use protocols, staff acquisition, equipment purchase and development of a Brain Resuscitation Registry (BRR) to provide structure and linkage capabilities for data collection and outcome reporting. Year 3 accomplishments included the ongoing enrollment of human use protocol subjects focusing on the inflammatory process following TBI and vital sign response to trauma, development and implementation of 2 retrospective human use protocols, processing of specimens, further development of the BRR and initiation of the basic science model including both small and large animal models of polytrauma. During Year 4 the existing human use protocols concluded data collection and neared finalization of data analysis, and a new protocol was proposed. Progress continued in BRR development and reporting, and the animal sub-project neared completion. Year 5 saw completion of data analysis for the Cytokines and Animal sub-projects, ongoing analysis of the Vital Signs sub-project, and continued development of the final human use sub-project. Year 6 focused on implementation and data collection for the final human use protocol, and finalization of data analysis for the Vital signs sub-project.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA624176

Entities

People

  • Deborah Stein
  • Karen Murdock
  • Lisa Gettings
  • Thomas Scalea

Organizations

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Brain
  • Brain Injuries
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Health Services
  • Machine Learning
  • Medical Personnel
  • Oxygenation
  • Patient Care
  • Physiological Monitoring
  • Three Dimensional
  • Vital Signs

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.
  • Research Science/Academic Research