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Brain Injury
General Information
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Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Evolution and Current Surgical Management
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Coagulation disorders after traumatic brain injury. (Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2008) “Conclusions. We conclude that coagulopathy following traumatic brain injury is an important independent risk factor related to prognosis. Routine determination of the coagulation status should therefore be performed in all patients with traumatic brain injury. These data may have important implications in patient management.”
Executive Functioning in the First Year After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (PEDIATRICS 2008)
Health-related quality of life and psychosocial consequences after mild traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents. (Brain Inj. 2008)
Impact of Age on Long-Term Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008) “This study supported our primary hypothesis that older patients show greater decline over the first 5 years after TBI than younger patients. In addition, the greatest amount of improvement in disability was observed among the youngest group of survivors. These results suggest that TBI survivors, especially older patients, may be candidates for neuroprotective therapies after TBI.”
Mild traumatic brain injury induces prolonged visual processing deficits in children (Brain Injury 2008) “Conclusion: These findings suggest that injured children present selective processing deficits for higher-order information and that this deficit persists over relatively long periods. Such measures could be useful to assess children who have sustained mTBI and possibly contribute to identifying potential risks of returning these children to demanding physical activities.”
Neuropsychologic and Functional Outcome After Complicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008) “Few differences in neuropsychologic performance existed between the TBI groups. Less severely impaired information processing speed and verbal learning were seen in the complicated mild TBI group at rehabilitation discharge and 1 year postinjury. Despite overall improvement across cognitive domains within the complicated mild TBI group, some degree of impairment remained at 1 year postinjury on those measures that had identified participants as impaired soon after injury. No differences on functional ability measures were found between the TBI groups at either time period postinjury, with both groups exhibiting incomplete recovery of functional status at the 1-year follow-up”
Outcome and Predictors of Functional Recovery 5 Years Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008) “Conclusion Children who sustain a severe TBI in early childhood are at greatest risk of long-term impairment in day-to-day skills in the long-term postinjury.”
Predictors of Psychological Symptoms 1 Year After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Population-Based, Epidemiological Study. (J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2008)
Prevalence of aggressive behaviour after severe paediatric traumatic brain injury (Brain Injury 2008) “Conclusions: Aggression is a prevalent symptom after paediatric TBI and can significantly impede rehabilitation. Awareness of these predictors can aid in early identification of children at risk in order to help appropriately design rehabilitation programmes.”
Prevalence of Chronic Pain After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review (JAMA 2008) “Conclusions Chronic pain is a common complication of TBI. It is independent of psychologic disorders such as PTSD and depression and is common even among patients with apparently minor injuries to the brain.”
The effects of selenium against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. (Neurosci Lett. 2008) “The present results suggest that selenium is potentially a beneficial agent in treating IR-induced brain injury in rats.”
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