TBI Biomarkers | Saline In The Cocktail

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of March 2-6, 2026.

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Wednesday’s Spoon Feed:

Combined elevation in two blood biomarkers (GFAP and UCH-L1) showed high sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV) for positive findings on head CT in anticoagulated patients with mild traumatic brain injury but were not helpful at identifying who would develop post-concussive syndrome.

Thursday’s Spoon Feed:

In this randomized controlled trial, adding 1 liter of IV normal saline to intramuscular diclofenac for acute migraine in the ED did not significantly improve pain relief at 2 hours compared with diclofenac alone.