Not all children are receiving the same level or form of care following a pediatric traumatic brain injury. Those who are on the less fortunate side of these discrepancies are suffering the ...

Children who died soon after moderate or severe TBI had more bilateral brain swelling than adults. At autopsy, pediatric TBI patients had predominantly microvascular blood-brain barrier disruption. In ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of "complicated" mild to severe pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of “complicated” mild- to severe-pediatric traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

Hypertonic saline and mannitol show similar effects on mortality and intracranial pressure control in children with TBI.

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, scientists conduct a meta-analysis to assess whether pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) is a potential risk factor for psychotic ...

Accidental falls or spills are common among children, but parents and guardians need to be careful of possible traumatic ...

Clinicians recommend a threshold of less than 20 mm Hg for treatment of ICP in pediatric patients and an even lower threshold for infants and young children. Due to the heterogenous pathophysiology ...

And it is preventable – with the click of a seatbelt. But most children are not strapped in, with only four out of 100 ...

PITTSBURGH, – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh discovered a promising new biomarker of “complicated” mild- to severe-pediatric traumatic brain ...