Prospective Tracking and Analysis of Traumatic Brain Injury in Veterans and Military Personnel.

Objective: To describe the ongoing Clinical Tracking Form (CTF) study of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC).

Design: Prospective longitudinal study. Data at baseline and postinjury are collected on participants through interview and questionnaire, review of medical records, and periodic follow-ups throughout their lifetime.

Long-term outcomes after moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury among military veterans: Successes and challenges.

Objective: To assess long-term outcomes after traumatic brain injury (TBI) among veterans and service members.

Setting: Regional Veterans Affairs medical centre.

Participants: One hundred and eighteen veterans and military personnel, aged 23-70 years (median = 35 years), 90% male, had moderate-to-severe TBI (82% in coma > 1 day, 85% amnesic > 7 days), followed by acute interdisciplinary rehabilitation 5-16 years ago (median = 8 years).

Prognostic value of evoked and event-related potentials in moderate to severe brain injury.

Clinicians are often expected to project patients' clinical outcomes to allow effective planning for future care. This can be a challenge in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) who are often unable to participate reliably in clinical evaluations. With recent advances in computer instrumentation and signal processing, evoked potentials and event-related potentials show increasing promise as powerful tools for prognosticating the trajectory of recovery and ultimate outcome from the TBI.