cognitive function and traumatic brain injury in refugees and asylum-seekers attending mental health services a preliminary study ; and clinical research portfolio

... management. At present, in the absence of prospective randomized controlled trials to prove the role of decompressive craniectomy in the treatment of traumatic brain injury, these technical improvements ... Key words: Decompressive Craniectomy, Traumatic Brain Injury Introduction Decompressive craniectomy, which is performed worldwide for the treatme...

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... Kirkpatrick DL: Training and Performance Appraisal - Are they Related? Improving Employee Performance Through Appraisal and Coaching 2006. 65. Kuvaas B: Performance Appraisal Satisfaction and ... five- pointLikertscale(where1=stronglydisagreeand5= strongly agree). Figure 1 An exploration of the effects of performance appraisal in municipal health services. How go...

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... assessment of left unilateral spatial neglect using a head mounted display system (HMD) in rehabilitation engineering technology Toshiaki Tanaka* 1 , Shunichi Sugihara 2 , Hiroyuki Nara 3 , Shuichi Ino 4 ... author Unilateral spatial neglecthead mounted display systemvirtual realityclinical assessment Abstract Purpose: Unilateral spatial negle...

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... Neuroinflammation Open Access Research Inhibition < /b> of < /b> the < /b> alternative < /b> complement < /b> activation < /b> pathway < /b> in < /b> traumatic < /b> brain < /b> injury < /b> by < /b> a < /b> monoclonal < /b> anti-factor < /b> B antibody: a < /b> randomized placebo-controlled study in < /b> mice Iris ... expression. Conclusion: Inhibition < /b> o...

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... neurological deficit, neuroinflammation and cerebral metabolism in rats with diffuse traumatic brain injury Edwin B Yan 1,2† , Sarah C Hellewell 1,3† , Bo-Michael Bellander 4 , Doreen A Agyapomaa 1,3 and M ... in traumatic axonal injury rats with or without hypoxia. Brain water content was determined at 2, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h post-injury, and calculate...

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... Open Access Increased circulating leukocyte numbers and altered macrophage phenotype correlate with the altered immune response to brain injury in metallothionein (MT) -I/II null mutant mice Michael ... MT-I/II -/- mice. Conclusions MT-I/II expression is increased in the brain after brain injury which su ggests that some of the p...

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... Lyeth BG: Cognitive impairment following traumatic brain injury: the effects of pre- and post -injury administration of scopolomine and MK-801. Brain Res Cogn Brain Res 1993, 1:223-226. 31. Phillips ... changes and the role of GABA receptors. Normal neuronal function relies on the constant orchestration and integration of excitatory and inhibitory pote...

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... Adopting a standardized strategy of early tracheostomy in appropriately selected patients may help in reducing unnecessary resource utilization. Keywords: intensive care, mechanical ventilation, resource ... Arabia Corresponding author: Yaseen Arabi, arabi@ngha.med.sa Abstract Introduction Despite the integral role played by tracheostomy in the management of trauma pat...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... No 3 Research In vitro norepinephrine significantly activates isolated platelets from healthy volunteers and critically ill patients following severe traumatic brain injury Christoph Tschuor 1 , ... changes. ã Norepinephrine, in a concentration-dependent manner, stimulates isolated platelets in healthy volunteers and critically ill patients...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... first study documenting the inci- dence of hypernatremia during the ICU stay in severe TBI patients. The definition of hypernatremia in our study refers to the first 14 days of ICU stay, and it ... been specifically aimed at investigating the incidence and clinical significance of hypernatremia occurring during the course of the ICU stay in a large...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... traumatic brain injury and stroke are widespread and generate an enormous economic and social burden, we investigated the possible neuroprotective effect in in vitro models of traumatic brain injury and ... effect in both in vitro models of oxygen-glucose deprivation and traumatic brain injury. Our promising results justify further in vivo animal rese...

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... et al., Brain metabolism is significantly impaired at blood glucose below 6 mM and brain glucose below 1 mM in patients with severe traumatic brain injury Critical Care 2 010 , 14 :R13 Meierhans ... 15 , 1- 88 CPP (mmHg) 76, 47-98 78, 51- 115 79, 32 -11 1 79, 30 -1 46 78, 60 -12 0 77, 27 -10 9 ptiO 2 (mmHg) 31, 15 -50 31, 17 - 81 32, 1...

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... al.: Acute and delayed mild coagulopathy are related to outcome in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury. Critical Care 2011 15:R2. Submit your next manuscript to BioMed Central and take ... Access Acute and delayed mild coagulopathy are related to outcome in patients with isolated traumatic brain injury Sjoerd Greuters 1* ,...

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... CHAPTER 2: MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT 37 Cognitive function and traumatic brain injury in refugees and asylum-seekers attending mental health services – a preliminary study Plain English Summary ... dementia and neurology outpatients and healthy controls, were matched on age, gender and education, and assessed on the Malay MMSE (M-MMSE). The MMSE wa...

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