Petrie Dish: New national guidelines target often-missed TBI cases

About this episode

The episode discusses new national guidelines aimed at improving the detection of often-missed traumatic brain injuries in primary care settings.

You don’t have to be a football player or a bull rider to have a traumatic brain injury. You don’t even have to hit your head. More than half go undetected. New national guidelines aim to help primary care doctors catch them sooner.

People in this episode

Host: Bonnie Petrie

Topics covered

• traumatic brain injury
• healthcare
• primary care
• guidelines
• detection

Keywords

• traumatic brain injury
• TBI
• healthcare guidelines
• primary care
• detection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: national guidelines

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