As head injuries and their sequelae have become an increasingly salient matter of public
health, experts in the field have made great progress elucidating the biological processes …

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality of people
at all ages. Biochemical, cellular and physiological events that occur during primary injury …

Gastrointestinal dysfunction is a common peripheral organ complication after traumatic brain
injury (TBI), yet the underlying mechanism remains unknown. TBI has been demonstrated to …

Background In traumatic brain injury (TBI), the appropriate timing and route of feeding, and
the efficacy of immune-enhancing formulae have not been well established. We performed …

The goal of neurocritical care in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is to prevent
secondary brain damage. Pathophysiological mechanisms lead to loss of body mass …

Critically ill patients who are subjected to high stress or with severe injury can rapidly break
down their body protein and energy stores. Unless adequate nutrition is provided …

An estimated sixty-nine million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year. Trauma to
the brain causes the primary insult and initiates a secondary biochemical cascade as part of …

Studies using traditional treatment strategies for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) have
produced limited clinical success. Interest in treatment for mild TBI is at an all time high due …

Guidelines for patients with severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) published in 2007
recommend providing early nutrition after trauma. Early enteral nutrition (EN) started within …

Since the 1940s electrocorticography (ECoG) devices and, more recently, in the last decade,
micro-electrocorticography (µECoG) cortical electrode arrays were used for a wide set of …