Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury - part 6 docx

... after brain injury. Headache associated with brain or neck injury usu- ally is short-lived; when it persists for months to years af- ter the event, it is termed chronic. Awareness of this phe- nomenon ... gel” Topical tid–qid 438 TEXTBOOK OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY connections. Frontal injury may result in various behav- ioral abnormalities. Inferomedial frontal injury m...

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... ranges of the length of loss of conscious- ness (from none to 60 minutes) and the GCS scores (from 15 FIGURE 1–11. Percentage of fractures by brain lesion type. 8 TEXTBOOK OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY mately ... occurrence of clusters of micro- glia in the white matter of patients dying as a result of brain injury, and Pilz (1980), who described the occur- rence...

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... neuroanatomy of the skull, brain tissue, and blood vessels, have proved immensely helpful in assessment of ex- tent of brain injury and in following the medical sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI), ... evidence FIGURE 6 5. Early subacute presentation of traumatic brain injury on SPECT. A 61 -year-old man had a single-motor-vehicle collision with a tree. This...

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... independent of injury severity. Ellenberg et al. (19 96) found that the proportion of 1 6- or 25-year-olds still in PTA was lower than that of 40-year-olds (Cox proportional hazards sur- vival curves) ... neuropsychia- tric evaluation and treatment of the patient with trau- matic brain injury (TBI). Role of the Neuropsychologist In the traumatically brain- injured populatio...

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... 1989). 266 TEXTBOOK OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY the significant factor predisposing to violence is the site of the lesion, particularly damage or dysfunction in the lim- bic areas of the brain. Psychosocial ... I Psychopharmacology in Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury. ” The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 13:24–39, 1998. a P < 0.05. b P<0.10. 268 TEXT...

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... Powell et al. 19 96) . Whyte et al. (1997) re- ported the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of the effects of 0.25 mg/kg methylphen- idate on measures of attention in ... attempted to in- crease the level of awareness in individuals with brain in- jury, including education regarding the consequences of brain injury (Fordyce and Roueche 19 86) , c...

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... blood -brain barrier dis- ruption, and derangements in homeostasis are some addi- tional effects of intoxication at the time of brain injury. Upregulation of N-methyl- D-aspartate and downregula- tion ... from sports-related brain injury. 460 TEXTBOOK OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY has demonstrated that ownership of a helmet is not syn- onymous with use (Fullerton and B...

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... 5 86 TEXTBOOK OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY preciation of one’s situation and the risks and benefits of op- tions available, and 4) rational decision making. Task-specific competence ... and modali- ties for the more effective diagnosis, measurement of degree of injury, post -injury monitoring and prognostic assessment of brain injury for acute, subacute, and later phases...

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