Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2018
Hashtag #TBI: A content and network data analysis of tweets about Traumatic Brain Injury.
The aims of this study were to: (a) determine how Twitter is used by people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and TBI organisations, (b) analyse the Twitter networks and content of tweets tagged with TBI-related hashtags, and (c) identify any challenges people with TBI encounter in using Twitter. ⋯ Twitter is an important platform for research and knowledge translation on TBI, and for hearing the voices of people with TBI as they express their personal views and stories of living with TBI and become more visible and influential in Twitter communities. TBI clinicians could use these narratives of people with TBI in Twitter to develop more effective and personally meaningful rehabilitation goals.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2018
Survival and consciousness recovery are better in the minimally conscious state than in the vegetative state.
The prognosis value of early clinical diagnosis of consciousness impairment is documented by an extremely limited number of studies, whereas it may convey important information to guide medical decisions. ⋯ Early accurate clinical diagnosis of VS/UWS or MCS conveys a strong prognostic value of survival and of consciousness recovery.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2018
Serum vitamin D deficiency in subjects with severe acquired brain injury and relationship with functional severity.
Vitamin D may be important for the development and function of the nervous system. Low serum vitamin D levels have been detected in several neurological diseases. ⋯ Subjects with sABI showed vitamin D deficiency that might correlate to disability severity. The reason is unclear and might represent a secondary phenomenon resulting from the inflammatory process.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2018
ReviewExamining the relationship and clinical management between traumatic brain injury and pain in military and civilian populations.
In this review, we discuss the comorbidity of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and pain among civilians and military members, the common causes of pain resulting from TBI, and offer insight about the therapeutic management of TBI symptoms and pain. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a debilitating health problem and one of the most common post-TBI symptoms is pain, which can contribute to psychological issues such as Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Headache pain appears to be the most common type of pain that results from TBI, yet pain can also be more widespread. ⋯ A combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies is often more effective for managing TBI symptoms and pain than either treatment alone. However, future research is needed to determine the most therapeutic approaches for managing the comorbidity of pain and TBI symptoms in the long term. This review offers suggestions for such future studies.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2018
Observational StudyIncidence of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity following traumatic brain injury using assessment tools.
A consensus statement proposed a diagnostic framework to systematise the identification of paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) using the PSH-Assessment Measure (PSH-AM). ⋯ The recently proposed diagnostic framework may reduce misdiagnosis, length of stay and hospitalisation costs.