Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2003
Understanding outcomes based on the post-acute hospitalization pathways followed by persons with traumatic brain injury.
To identify the factors that determine the pathways of care people with traumatic brain injury (TBI) follow after acute care discharge, and to identify differences in outcome based on those pathways. ⋯ Of concern are the relatively large numbers of people receiving no rehabilitation and other services in all severity categories. Those in LTC--typically older and government funded people--reported the poorest outcomes. Unanswered questions remain relating to the poor perceived quality of life reported by those completing rehabilitation programmes. Further study is also needed to more fully understand the affects of such characteristics as gender, minority status, employment and funding sources on the care pathway that is followed.
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The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of olfactory dysfunction after mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Damage to the olfactory bulbs or frontal cortex has been reported in MTBI, but olfactory dysfunction after MTBI has not been studied in a prospective way before. ⋯ Although a high prevalence of olfactory dysfunction was found, no correlation was found between olfactory dysfunction and acute parameters of MTBI.