LITERARY REVIEW OF POST-TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

The article presents literary data from various authors on post-traumatic encephalopathy. Researchers have developed objective diagnostic criteria for acute traumatic encephalopathy (ATE), a condition that occurs shortly after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Criteria for OTE are based on blood biomarkers and neurological tests and include neuropsychiatric dysfunction, imaging abnormalities, or abnormal biomarkers in patients with a history of TBI.

Defining ATE improves understanding of mTBI and may lead to improved clinical management. The study results are published in the journal Frontiers in Neurology/NeuroTrauma, along with a description of the HeadSMART II clinical trial protocol, which evaluates the diagnostic and prognostic potential of the BrainBox TBI test.

The researchers emphasize the need for objective testing to diagnose early TBI and note that current practice is based primarily on subjective reports and there are no objective diagnostic tests available at the time of presentation