Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Mar 2007
Do lesion site and severity predict deficits in attentional control after preschool traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
To determine the predictive value of structural neuroimaging in the clinical setting following TBI. ⋯ These findings support the argument that functional organization in children may differ from that in adults, suggesting that multiple cerebral regions, or a diffuse cerebral network, may mediate children's executive functions (EF). Results are also consistent with the hypothesis that the amount of damaged brain tissue, rather than its location, may be more predictive of neurobehavioural outcome following early TBI.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Mar 2007
Case ascertainment in pediatric traumatic brain injury: challenges in using the NEISS.
To evaluate mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) case ascertainment in the US National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS). ⋯ The current approach of pediatric TBI case ascertainment in the NEISS faces some challenges in identifying mild TBI. Future research efforts are needed to refine TBI case ascertainment in the NEISS.