2023
Impact of genetic polymorphisms on the risk of epilepsy amongst patients with acute brain injury: A systematic review
Misra S, Quinn T, Falcone G, Sharma V, de Havenon A, Zhao Y, Eldem E, French J, Yasuda C, Dawson J, Liebeskind D, Kwan P, Mishra N. Impact of genetic polymorphisms on the risk of epilepsy amongst patients with acute brain injury: A systematic review. European Journal Of Neurology 2023, 30: 1791-1800. PMID: 36912749, DOI: 10.1111/ene.15777.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic epilepsyPost-stroke epilepsyTraumatic brain injuryRisk of epilepsySystematic reviewSingle nucleotide polymorphismsBrain injuryOdds ratioRisk of PSERisk of PTEAcute brain injuryGenetic polymorphismsConfidence intervalsAssociation of SNPsQ-Genie toolPSE patientsLate seizuresHazard ratioStroke patientsTBI patientsPrespecified protocolStudy qualityCurrent evidenceEpilepsyPatients
2022
Development and Validation of a Model to Identify Critical Brain Injuries Using Natural Language Processing of Text Computed Tomography Reports
Torres-Lopez VM, Rovenolt GE, Olcese AJ, Garcia GE, Chacko SM, Robinson A, Gaiser E, Acosta J, Herman AL, Kuohn LR, Leary M, Soto AL, Zhang Q, Fatima S, Falcone GJ, Payabvash MS, Sharma R, Struck AF, Sheth KN, Westover MB, Kim JA. Development and Validation of a Model to Identify Critical Brain Injuries Using Natural Language Processing of Text Computed Tomography Reports. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2227109. PMID: 35972739, PMCID: PMC9382443, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.27109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNatural language processingF-scoreTest data setsLanguage processingIndependent test data setsData setsBidirectional Encoder RepresentationsAcute brain injuryLarge data setsHead CTBrain injuryNLP toolsF1 scoreNER modelTransformer architectureClinical textEncoder RepresentationsNLP algorithmNLP modelsCT reportsCustom dictionaryTraining setCross-validation performancePerformance metricsAvailable new tools
2021
Association of Serum IL-6 (Interleukin 6) With Functional Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Leasure AC, Kuohn LR, Vanent KN, Bevers MB, Kimberly WT, Steiner T, Mayer SA, Matouk CC, Sansing LH, Falcone GJ, Sheth KN. Association of Serum IL-6 (Interleukin 6) With Functional Outcome After Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke 2021, 52: 1733-1740. PMID: 33682454, PMCID: PMC8085132, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.120.032888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIL-6 levelsPerihematomal edema volumeIntracerebral hemorrhageIL-6Edema volumeFunctional outcomeICH locationICH volumeTreatment groupsSerum IL-6 levelsBaseline ICHAcute brain injuryLarge intracerebral hemorrhageSerum IL-6Predictors of outcomeSpontaneous intracerebral hemorrhageRankin ScalePoor outcomeProinflammatory cytokinesTrial populationBrain injurySecondary analysisStrong associationFast trialsOutcomes
2020
Genetic underpinnings of cerebral edema in acute brain injury: an opportunity for pathway discovery
Kirsch E, Szejko N, Falcone GJ. Genetic underpinnings of cerebral edema in acute brain injury: an opportunity for pathway discovery. Neuroscience Letters 2020, 730: 135046. PMID: 32464484, PMCID: PMC7372633, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2020.135046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute brain injuryCerebral edemaBrain injuryEdema formationIntracerebral hemorrhageWorse outcomesBlood-brain barrier disruptionSecondary brain injuryBrain edema formationTraumatic brain injuryApolipoprotein E geneSecondary injuryBarrier disruptionVasogenic edemaCytotoxic edemaInflammatory processUseful intermediate phenotypeEdemaTherapeutic targetAquaporin-4Haptoglobin geneInjuryHp 2Novel susceptibility genesNon-white populations