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Diffuse axonal injury
Diffuse axonal injury (DAI), also called traumatic axonal injury (TAI), is widespread white-matter axon rupture from acceleration-deceleration forces in TBI; graded by Adams system, best seen on MRI/SWI, diagnosed in 40-50% of hospitalized TBI.
Glasgow Coma Scale
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), by Teasdale and Jennett (Lancet 1974): rates eye, verbal, and motor responses; sum score 3–15; severity bands mild 13–15, moderate 9–12, severe <8; standard consciousness assessment in head injury.
Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury
Moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (moderate-severe TBI) is head trauma more severe than mild TBI, defined by GCS below 13 or prolonged loss of consciousness or amnesia.
Shaken baby syndrome
Shaken baby syndrome (SBS), renamed abusive head trauma (AHT) by the AAP in 2009, is a diagnosis attributing the infant triad of subdural hemorrhage, retinal hemorrhage, and encephalopathy to violent shaking; incidence 25–35 per 100,000 under age 1, fatal in about one quarter of cases, and scientifically contested.
Traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also called concussion in its mild form, is brain dysfunction from a bump, blow, jolt, or penetrating head injury; classified by Glasgow Coma Scale as mild, moderate, or severe, causing about 69 million injuries yearly.
TraVi_II study
TraVi_II (TraVi II), NCT06776107, is a retrospective cross-sectional study of factors associated with ICU mortality in 80 traumatic brain injury patients at Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio, Colombia, 2019-2024; no results posted.