Jonas Meyer-Wilmes

Mr. Jonas Meyer-Wilmes


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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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11 December 2023 in Journal of Clinical Medicine
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DDDaniel Dubinski
Daniel Dubinski
SWSae-Yeon Won
Sae-Yeon Won
JMJonas Meyer-Wilmes
Jonas Meyer-Wilmes
STSvorad Trnovec
Svorad Trnovec
ARArtem Rafaelian
Artem Rafaelian
FGFlorian Gessler
Florian Gessler
Background: Temporal muscle thickness (TMT) on cranial CT scans has recently been identified as a prognostic imaging parameter for assessing a patient’s baseline frailty. Here, we analyzed whether TMT correlates with Traumatic brain injury (TBI) severity and whether it can be used to predict outcome(s) after TBI. Methods: We analyzed the radiological and clinical data sets of 193 patients with TBI who were admitted to our institution and correlated the radiological data with clinical outcomes after stratification for TMT. Results: Our analyses showed a significant association between high TMT and increased risk for intracranial hemorrhage (p = 0.0135) but improved mRS at 6 months (p = 0.001) as compared to patients with low TMT. Congruent with such findings, a lower TMT was associated with falls and reduced outcomes at 6 months (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0001). Conclusion: High TMT was robustly associated with head trauma sequelae but was also associated with good clinical outcomes in TBI patients. These findings consolidate the significance of TMT as an objective marker of frailty in TBI patients; such measurements may ultimately be leveraged as prognostic indicators.