ADVERSATIVE MOVEMENT 8 YEARS AFTER HEAD INJURY

5 Years Epidemiologic Study of Head Injury

There is limited research about head injury. In this existing data study, 2443 admission records of 28367 patients that confer to Loghman Medical Center from 1986-1991 were analyzed. Several factors including age, sex, type and cause of injury, mortality and morbidity were investigated. Overall, the most common age group were 20-40 years, but the most common age group in female patients were 3-...

Social adjustment after closed head injury: a further follow-up seven years after injury.

A group of severely head injured patients were reassessed 7 years after injury. This group was the same as that previously reported 2 years after injury. There was no change in their physical or cognitive status; personality problems were still commonly reported but the less disabled had made further progress in returning to their former level of vocational and social activity.

Brainstem lesions after head injury.

There is little knowledge on the morphology of the brain stem in survivors of head injury, as CT fails to shown brain stem lesions, and neuropathological data is only available from autopsies. As magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sheds new light on morphological lesions of the brain, the authors investigated 100 patients with a severe head injury. MRI was performed in a prospective study within ...

Patient after Severe Head Injury

Background: The pharmacodynamic differences in time to onset and dissipation of effect of sufentanil, fentanyl, and alfentanil probably result from different rates of blood-brain equilibration. The authors investigated this hypothesis in humans. Methods: After simultaneous central venous bolus application of sufentanil (10 pg), fentanyl (100 pg), and alfentanil (1,000 pg), arterial and jugular ...

Mental health after head injury.