Canadian
Traumatic Brain
Injury Research
Consortium

The Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium was created in December 2015 and was initially funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). To know more about our group, please click on the link “know more”.

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CTRC members
0 152
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0 25
Institutions
0 68
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0 22

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Traumatic brain injuries mainly afflict young healthy people and are a major public health issue. Damage extent is sometimes so important that victims who initially survive end up living with severe sequelae and significantly altered quality of life.

The incidence of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) in North America is alarmingly high; studies suggest that mild TBI (mTBI) make up 70-80% of all cases reported.

The lack of effective knowledge use by professionals in trauma care increases mortality, morbidity and associated costs. There is evidence of overuse of tests...

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