Brain injury : [BI]
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Brain injury : [BI] · Jan 2014
Controlled Clinical TrialThe emergency department social work intervention for mild traumatic brain injury (SWIFT-Acute): a pilot study.
To determine acceptability and preliminary effectiveness of Emergency Department (ED) Social Work Intervention for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (SWIFT-Acute) on alcohol use, community functioning, depression, anxiety, post-concussive symptoms, post-traumatic stress disorder and service use. ⋯ SWIFT-Acute was acceptable to patients. There is preliminary evidence of effectiveness for reducing alcohol use and preventing functional decline. Future randomized studies are needed.
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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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Many troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have sustained blast-related, closed-head injuries from being within non-lethal distance of detonated explosive devices. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms associated with blast exposure that give rise to traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study attempts to identify the precise conditions of focused stress wave energy within the brain, resulting from blast exposure, which will correlate with a threshold for persistent brain injury. ⋯ The predictions reported herein will simplify efforts to correlate simulation predictions with clinical measures of TBI and aid in the development of protective headwear.
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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.