Diagnostic Accuracy of GFAP and UCH-L1 for Acute Intracranial Trauma in a Predominantly Blast-Exposed Cohort of Combat Casualties
Importance There is an urgent need for objective blood tests to guide triage of suspected traumatic brain injury (TBI) in far-forward combat environments, where blast exposure is common and neuroimaging is frequently unavailable. Blood-based glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrola...