Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Effect of clinical characteristics on cognitive performance in service members and veterans with histories of blast-related mild traumatic brain injury.
To examine the relationship between clinical characteristics and cognitive performance in service members and veterans with histories of blast-related mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). ⋯ This study demonstrated the importance of considering the effects of current clinical symptoms (e.g. post-traumatic stress) as possibly having greater influence on current cognitive functioning than the effects of a remote history of mTBI.
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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
Comparative StudyComparison of several prognostic tools in traumatic brain injury including S100B.
To identify which tool (a model, a biomarker or a combination of these) has better prognostic strength in traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ A better prognostic tool than those currently available may be a combination of clinical predictors with a biomarker.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Assessment of mild traumatic brain injury with the King-Devick Test in an emergency department sample.
The King-Devick Test (K-D) is a brief measure of cognitive processing speed and rapid gaze shifting that appears sensitive to the effects of sport-related concussion. This study evaluated its diagnostic and incremental validity in civilian patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). ⋯ The present findings do not support the K-D Test for the assessment of civilian MTBI in an ED setting.
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) among UK military personnel whilst deployed in Afghanistan in 2011.
mTBI has been termed the 'signature injury' of recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most mTBI research uses retrospective accounts of exposure and point of injury symptoms; mTBI is reportedly less common among UK than US Forces. ⋯ This study used contemporaneous data gathered in the deployed location which are subject to less memory distortion than studies using post-deployment recall. The incidence of mTBI was substantially lower than those reported in both US and UK post-deployment studies which is consistent with inflated reporting of symptoms when measured post-deployment.