Publications by authors named "F M Hammond"
Outpatient care following nonhospitalized traumatic brain injury (TBI) is variable, and often sparse. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's 2022 report on highlighted the need to improve the consistency and quality of TBI care in the community. In response, the present study aimed to identify existing evidence-based guidance and specific clinical actions over the days to months following nonhospitalized TBI that should be prioritized for implementation in primary care.
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- Memory impairments are a common issue after traumatic brain injury (TBI), and donepezil, a medication that helps with cognitive function, was evaluated for its effectiveness on these memory problems in a clinical trial called MEMRI-TBI-D.
- The study involved 75 participants with severe memory issues related to TBI, who were split into two groups: one receiving donepezil and the other a placebo over 10 weeks; results showed significant memory improvement in those taking donepezil.
- While donepezil was effective, it came with some side effects, notably diarrhea and nausea, and had a treatment-emergent adverse event rate of 46%, but overall, it demonstrated a favorable safety profile for treating memory impairments
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) clinical practice guidelines for pain management and rehabilitation support the use of nonpharmacologic complementary and integrative health (CIH) modalities, such as acupuncture for remediating pain. Barriers to delivering CIH modalities, such as acupuncture warrant examination. The objective of this study is to explore provider perspectives on challenges to accessing acupuncture treatment for chronic pain in persons with TBI and describe differences across health care settings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTraumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Despite this large impact, no predictive models are in widespread use due to tedious data collection requirements, lack of provider trust, and poor performance. Furthermore, these models use simple, often binary, data elements that fail to capture the complex heterogeneity of traumatic brain injury.
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