“Stroke, mTBI, Infection, Antibiotics and Beta Blockade: Connecting the Dots”

Several themes supported by a robust literature are addressed in this clinical translational review and research paper: 1. the inadequate standard of care for minimal Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) /concussion when compared to stroke because diagnosis and care for mTBI/concussion are based primarily on a symptom only framework; 2. the treatment of stroke(brain injury) with select antibiotics; 3. the use of beta blockade in stroke (brain injury).The various etiologies of brain injury appear to coalesce to common endpoints: potential neuronal demise, cognitive and functional losses, immune suppression and infection.

Source: Medical Hypotheses - May 14, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Gerald Dieter Griffin Source Type: research