This research provides important preliminary data for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) supported multicenter trial. NIH trials directly assess the ability to improve clinical outcomes, which is the final step needed to change standard clinical processes. Currently standard clinical practice does not include hyperbaric oxygen for traumatic brain injury.
"TBI is not only devastating for the patient, it's also heart wrenching for his or her family. We couldn't be more pleased about the impact this study will have for patients with traumatic brain injury."
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The Traumatic Brain Injury Center at Hennepin County Medical Center offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary patient care education and research to serve people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury. Providing a full range of state-of-the-art medical and rehabilitative services, HCMC's expertise spans the entire continuum of care for adult and pediatric TBI patients, from prevention to emergency care, neurosurgery, critical care, rehabilitation and the Mild to Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic.
About Traumatic Brain Injuries
Each year, more than 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In Minnesota, nearly 100,000 brain injuries occur annually. A large percentage of those injuries are mild to moderate cases and often go untreated. As a Level 1 Trauma Center, Hennepin County Medical Center admits and treats the most traumatic brain injuries in the state. More information about HCMC's Traumatic Brain Injury Center can be found at www.savethisbrain.org.
The state's only permanent, fully accredited hyperbaric chamber is located at Hennepin County Medical Center. HCMC's Hyperbaric Medicine program is one of only 60 programs in the country to achieve accreditation by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS).
The multi-chambered unit is fully staffed year round and is used for a variety of critical and chronic medical conditions, including treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning. Hennepin County Medical Center is a Level 1 Trauma Center and public teaching hospital repeatedly recognized as one of America's best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
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