TRAUMATIC AMNESIA

Predicting Post Traumatic Amnesia Patients'

The head injured (HI) population demonstrates a wide variety of impairment from person to person. Within single individuals the nature and severity of the injury can change rapidly as healing progresses. These complex cognitive, emotional, language and physical deficits often present cognitive rehab team members with diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment challenges (Hagen, 1981; Rollin, 1987). ...

Resolution of disorientation and amnesia during post-traumatic amnesia.

OBJECTIVES Despite the growing number of instruments for the prospective measurement of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) after traumatic brain injury, fundamental issues about the natural history of its resolution and methods of examination remain unresolved. The aims of the present study were to: (1) examine the sequence of resolution of disorientation and amnesia, and (2) determine if the method ...

Measuring the duration of post traumatic amnesia.

A simple quantitative test is described for measuring the duration of post-traumatic amnesia. It was used in a study of 336 patients with closed head injury; and the results matched closely the independent estimates of experienced neurosurgeons. A systematic procedure of this kind is clinically useful in its sensitivity to fluctuations or deterioration in the patient's mental state. It could al...

Amnesia following traumatic bilateral fornix transection.

There is controversy regarding the effect of isolated fornix damage on human memory. We report a patient who suffered a traumatic penetrating head injury that resulted in a significant and persistent anterograde amnesia. CT revealed a lesion that involved the region of the proximal, posterior portion of both fornices without evidence of damage to other hippocampal pathways or to other structure...

Post-traumatic Amnesia following Traumatic Brain Injury Name of Disorder: Traumatic Brain Injury Essay Title: Post-traumatic amnesia following traumatic brain injury