Blood tests taken within 24 hours of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) flag which patients are likely to die and which patients are likely to survive with severe disability, according to a study headed by UCSF, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.
Measuring GFAP and UCH-L1 in blood on the day of injury may give a more accurate assessment of a patient s prognosis following traumatic brain injury, new research suggests.