Background: Traumatic brain injury is believed to be a public health disorder with some complications. Post Traumatic Neurocognitive Disorders (PTND) received much attention among these complications because of the high prevalence of mild traumatic brain injuries. On the other hand, advanced neuroimaging is increasingly becoming an exciting modality in the field of traumatic brain injury. Magne...

traumatic brain injury (tbi) is an important cause of death and disability in young adults ,and may lead to physical disabilities and long-term cognitive, behavioral psychological and social defects. there is a lack of definite result about the effect of thyroid hormones after traumatic brain injury in the severity and no data about their effect on mortality of the injury. the aim of this study...

main goal in the management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi) is control of intracranial pressure (icp). decompressive craniectomy is an accepted technique for control of refractory intracranial hypertension in patients with severe tbi. because of high complication rate after decompressive craniectomy, new techniques such as basal cisternostomy have developed. we herein repor...

introduction: the aim of this study was to determine the performance of data mining techniques for predicting the causes of traumatic brain injuries in khatamolanbya hospital, zahdan city. method: in this cross–sectional, the study population included all patients who died of brain injury. data were collected by the use of a researcher- made check list, provided under the direct observation of ...

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a syndrome causing from a severe traumatic happening that leads to threatened death or injury. ptsd is associated with changes in limbic, hippocampal, and prefrontal cortical region function due to changes in synaptogenesis, dendritic modifying, and neurogenesis. changes in neuron in ptsd patients result from pathophysiological disturbances in inflammato...

conclusions although ceiling effects should be considered for rehabilitation targets, the two-factor model of fim (motor and cognitive independence) has an eligible fitness for iranian patients with tbi. results the results of this study showed that the floor effect was not observed; however, ceiling effects were observed for the fim total score and its subscales. the confirmatory factor analys...

chiari malformation type i (cm-i) is a congenital disorder, which is basically a tonsillar herniation (≥ 5 mm) below the foramen magnum with or without syringomyelia. the real cause behind this malformation is still unknown. patients may remain asymptomatic until they engender a deteriorating situation, such as cervical trauma. the objective of this case report is to give a broad perspective on...

mycotic aneurysm of external carotid artery is extremely rare. we herein report a case of external carotid artery (eca) aneurysm following severe traumatic brain injury. a 24-year-old man with severe traumatic brain injury (tbi) following a car accident was referred to rajaee trauma center emergency room affiliated to shiraz university of medical sciences in shiraz, iran. he underwent ventricul...

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