Not only do patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) require the usual health management services of community-based primary care providers (PCPs), but it is also essential for PCPs to consider the unique medical complications associated with TBI in their health care practice. This website is an auxiliary resource for PCPs and offers general considerations for PCP management of patients with TBI, including common secondary complications.
This website is a resource for professionals only and offers general considerations for managing patients with TBI, including common secondary coniderations. Non-Professionals should go to the UAB TBI Model System Information Network.
Primary Care Provider Resource
800-UAB-MIST
24-hour hotline for physicians to consult with a UAB specialist
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Traumatic Brain Injury Model System provides this website as an auxiliary resource for the primary care of patients with spinal cord injury.The contents of this website were developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant number 90DPTB0029). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this website do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
