Sentient NeuroCare Services Featured in Defense Standard Magazine

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March, 2011

The Spring 2011 edition of Defense Standard magazine highlighted Sentient NeuroCare Services in an article entitled, “Telemedicine brings a whole new meaning to ‘The doctor is in’”. The article focused on how technology is enabling the Defense Department to extend access to medical specialists at distant sites.

The Defense Department’s Military Health System says nearly 200,000 troops have been diagnosed with some type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) since 2000, including just over 2,000 cases that are considered severe. About 30 percent of troops suffering from Severe TBI in the past five years experience cerebral ischemia, or a decreased supply of blood to the brain caused by spasms of the surrounding blood vessels.

Because the soldiers frequently found that their symptoms were not apparent until weeks after exposure to a blast, it was initially difficult for the military physicians to identify the root cause of their problems. Now, medical professionals from Sentient NeuroCare Services record an ultrasound image of the brain and the surrounding blood vessels right at the patient’s bedside, often in the intensive care unit. The images are sent to Sentient NeuroCare in Baltimore MD, where specialists conduct a quantitative assessment of the blood flow velocity in the brain. Sentient provides it’s professional feedback and immediately writes up a report, which is transmitted electronically to be included in the patient’s chart for the local doctor to review.

Col. Ronald Poropatich, deputy director of the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center at the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, Md. says he believes the test is the “ideal modality for following long-term effects” after traumatic brain injury.

Sentient NeuroCare Services is led by Dr. Alex Razumovsky who shared that services are provided to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., National Naval Medical Hospital in Bethesda, MD, and the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, TX, .

About Sentient

Headquartered outside Baltimore, Maryland, Sentient is a leader in intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, a process that reduces the risk of adverse neurological outcomes for patients undergoing spine or brain surgeries. Sentient pioneered "real-time" remote monitoring of such surgeries by physicians to augment local monitoring. Through its Sentient NeuroCare Services subsidiary, it also provides neurological and neurovascular diagnostic testing in doctors' offices, hospitals and nursing facilities. Founded in 1995, Sentient currently provides services in more than 20 states.