... Individuals With Traumatic Brain Injury. ” The
Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 13: 24 39, 1998.
a
P < 0.05.
b
P<0.10.
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FIGURE 14 2. The Overt Agitation ... complain of headache or
nausea or vomit
a
See Teasdale and Jennett 19 74.
TABLE 15–2. Different definitions of mild traumatic brain injury in the literature
Stud...
... (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 19 TBI subjects of
mixed injury severity. ... postin-
jury continued to be unaware of these changes at a 3 0-
month follow-up.
Tyerman and Humphrey (19 84) assessed self-concept
in 25 severely brain- injured patients...
... 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.
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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 o...
... neuropsychia-
tric evaluation and treatment of the patient with trau-
matic brain injury (TBI).
Role of the Neuropsychologist
In the traumatically brain- injured population, the neu-
ropsychologist most often ... independent
of injury severity. Ellenberg et al. (1996) found that the
proportion of 1 6- or 25-year-olds still in PTA was lower
than that of 40 -year-olds (Cox...
... 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.
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has demonstrated that ownership of a helmet is not syn-
onymous with use (Fullerton and B...
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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...
... concepts.
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More recently, Zhang et al. (20 04) reported findings
from a 2 4- week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-
blind crossover trial of donepezil, ... on Disability and Re-
habilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education.
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results using availability of nurses’ attention as the...