Are neuronal and glial markers differently associated with computed tomography findings and outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury : a case control study?
Relationships between structural changes detected by neuroimaging and biomarkers indicate each biomarker may reflect a different injury pathway. These results suggest that protein biomarkers could provide better characterization of subjects at risk for specific types of cellular damage than that obtained with neuroimaging alone, as well as provide valuable information about injury severity and outcome after severe TBI.
Using a large multi-centre database, we demonstrate that regional anaesthesia was associated with significantly greater odds of minor and total peri-operative complications compared with general anaesthesia. Our results challenge the notion that regional anaesthesia is the preferred method of anaesthesia for hip fractures in the elderly.