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FDA OKs new blood test for concussions

Published 02/14/2018, 01:48 PM
© Reuters.  FDA OKs new blood test for concussions
  • The FDA approves privately held Banyan Biomarkers' Brain Trauma Indicator, a blood test used to evaluate mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly referred to as concussion.
  • The test measures the levels of two proteins, UCH-L1 and GFAP, that are released by the brain into the blood within 12 hours of head injury.
  • In a study comparing the test to CT scans, it showed sensitivity of 97.5% (detecting true positives) and specificity of 99.6% (detecting true negatives).
  • Test results, available within three-to-four hours, can help healthcare providers better manage head injury patients by potentially avoiding unnecessary CT scans since the majority of patients evaluated for mTBI do not have CT-detectable intracranial lesions.
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