Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Method of symptom assessment influences cognitive, affective and somatic post-concussion-like symptom base rates.
To investigate whether assessment method influences the type of post-concussion-like symptoms. ⋯ Previous studies have shown that the method used to assess symptoms affects the number reported. This study shows that the assessment method also affects the type of reported symptoms.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Subdural haemorrhage is associated with recent morphine treatment in patients with cancer: a retrospective population-based nested case-control study.
This study investigated the relationship between recent morphine use and risk of subdural haemorrhage (SDH) in patients with cancer. ⋯ The incidence of SDH in patients with cancer in Taiwan is associated with recent morphine treatment (≤6 months) and is dependent on the duration of morphine use.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Detection of visual pursuit in patients in minimally conscious state: a matter of stimuli and visual plane?
The aim of this study was to determine whether the assessment of pursuit eye movements in patients in minimally conscious state (MCS) is influenced by the choice of the visual stimulus (study 1) and by the moving plane (study 2). ⋯ The findings confirm the importance of using a mirror to assess visual pursuit in patients in MCS and of initiating testing using the horizontal plane, specifically in patients in MCS- and those in chronic setting. Assessment should then be done on the vertical plane if visual pursuit is not detected on the horizontal plane.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Deaths due to traumatic brain injury in Austria between 1980 and 2012.
To investigate changes in TBI mortality in Austria during 1980-2012 and to identify causes for these changes. ⋯ These findings warrant better prevention of falls in the elderly and of suicides.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Admission glucose and coagulopathy occurrence in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Coagulopathy after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a frequent event and is associated with patients' prognosis. TBI is also associated with a stress response that includes hyperglycemia. This study investigated if coagulopathy occurrence is associated with admission blood glucose levels in patients with TBI. ⋯ Coagulopathy frequently occur after TBI. Patients with lower GCS score and lower haemoglobin levels and increased blood glucose levels at admission are at greater risk.