Tabish SA, Syed N (2014) Recent Advances and Future Trends in Traumatic Brain Injury . Emerg Med (Los Angel) 4: 229. doi: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000229 Recent Advances & Future Trends in Traumatic Brain Injury Tabish SA*, Nabil Syed** Postgraduate Department of Hospital Administration, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar (India) *FRCP, FACP, FAMS, MHA (AIIMS) **MA, King’s College London Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called a silent epidemic and is a major health and socioeconomic problem.
TBI is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among young adults in developed economies and the incidence in the elderly population is increasing. In developing countries the incidence of TBI is high and rapidly increasing. The World Health Organization predicts that TBI and road traffic accidents will be the third greatest cause of disease and injury…
