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¡ñNEW WONDER DRUG?: Mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill, may have a wonderful side effect in that it protects brain cells. Experiments in mice have shown that the drug extends the life of neurons and protects against the cellular destruction which occurs in traumatic brain injury and for other reasons in a process called apoptosis. ¡ñBETTER NEUROLOGICAL OUTCOME: Trial studies of the drug, dexanabinol, briefly conducted in cases of severe head injury. Patients treated with the drug had increased positive blood flow after injury without dangerously low blood pressure. Overall the patients treated with the drug had faster and better neurologic outcome. ¡ñMAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO (MTR): Research into new MRIs have shown promise into showing, more sensitively, brain damage due to trauma. The type of MRI known as Magnetization Transfer Ratio (MTR) has shown to be effective in detecting abnormalities in the white matter of the brain following trauma. These abnormalities were looked at in the splenium of the corpus callosum in the brain stem. (Sinson, G. 2002). ¡ñChesnut RM, Marshall SB, Piek J et al. Early and late systemic hypotension as a frequent and fundamental source of cerebral ischaemia following severe brain injury in the Traumatic Coma Data Bank. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wein) 59:121-125, 1993 ¡ñHill DA, Abraham KJ, West RH. Factors affecting outcome in the resuscitation of severely injured patients. Aust NZ J Surg 63:604-609, 1993 ¡ñJones PA, Andrews PJ, Midgley S et al. Measuring the burden of secondary insults in head-injured patients during intensive care. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 6:4-14, 1994 ¡ñBrain Trauma Foundation. Guidelines for the management of severe head injury. 1995 ¡ñBouma GJ, Muizelaar JP, Bandoh K et al: Blood pressure and intracranial pressure-volume dynamics in severe head injury: relationship with cerebral blood flow. J Neurosurg 77:15-19, 1992 ¡ñMarion DW, Darby J, Yonas H: Acute regional cerebral blood flow changes caused by severe head injuries. J Neurosurg 74:407-414, 1991 ¡ñRosner MJ, Daughton S: Cerebral perfusion pressure management in head injury. J Trauma 30:933-941, 1990 ¡ñChangaris DG, McGraw CP, Richardson JD et al: Correlation of cerebral perfusion pressure and Glasgow Coma Scale to outcome. J Trauma 27:1007-1013, 1987 ¡ñChesnut RM, Marshall SB, Pick J et al: Early and late systemic hypotension as a frequent and fundamental source of cerebral ischaemia following severe brain injury in the Traumatic Coma Data Bank. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 59:121-125, 1993 ¡ñMarmarou A, Anderson RL, Ward JD et al: Impact of ICP instability and hypotension on outcome in patietns with severe head trauma. J Neurosurg 75:S59-S66, 1991 ¡ñBouma GJ, Muizelaar JP, Stringer WA et al. Ultra early evaluation of regional cerebral blood flow in severely head injured patients using xenon enhanced computed tomography. J Neurosurg 77:360-368, 1992
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