Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
is a major public health problem for the United States with an incidence
of over 500,000 cases admitted to hospital annually. Few proven
therapies for TBI exist and the prognosis for individuals
with moderate to severe TBI remains grim. Progress
in improving outcomes for individuals with TBI
depends upon prevention and on the continued development of better
therapeutic regimens in all aspects of care. The TBI-CT
Network is an efficient and cost-effective organization, serving
as a major source of evidence-based trauma and rehabilitative medicine
through the conduct of multi-center clinical studies in TBI
and through the dissemination of research results. |