Is high PEEP ventilation strategy safe for acute respiratory distress syndrome after severe traumatic brain injury?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed for change in the number of admissions, demographics, mechanism, severity, operative management, length of stay, and in-hospital mortality of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in patients admitted to a Neurosurgical Unit (NSU) in the Republic of Ireland in 2017 compared to 25 years previously. METHOD:...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Mulcahy LT,O'Halloran PJ,O'Rourke C,Corr P,Nolan D,O'Brien DP

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the visual exploration of a person suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). It was hypothesized that visual exploration could be modified as a result of attentional or executive function deficits that are often observed following brain injury. RESEARCH DESIGN:This study comp...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Milleville-Pennel I,Pothier J,Hoc JM,Mathé JF

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the feasibility of applying virtual reality and robotics technology to improve attention in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the early stages of recovery. METHODS:A sample of TBI patients (n=18, aged 19-73) who were receiving acute inpatient rehabilitation completed three-dime...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Larson EB,Ramaiya M,Zollman FS,Pacini S,Hsu N,Patton JL,Dvorkin AY

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pulmonary oedema is accumulation of fluid in the lung air spaces and interstitia. Neurogenic pulmonary oedema (NPE) is a potentially life-threatening condition which has been noted in head injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and others. Timely management is crucial to ac...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Hegde A,Prasad GL,Kini P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient who exhibited Gerstmann's syndrome in association with a chronic subdural haematoma. A 71-year-old right-handed woman presented with mild right arm and leg weakness that began 2 weeks prior to admission. Neurological examination on admission revealed a mild right hemiparesis. Neuropsychological exa...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Maeshima S,Okumura Y,Nakai K,Itakura T,Komai N

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of placebo has long been controversial. Whilst evidence accumulates regarding it's beneficial and safe effects, ethical issues around the eroding of patient autonomy and accusations of deception stop most doctors prescribing inert placebo substances. CASE STUDY:This paper presents a case of a non-ca...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Bolton P,Shotton L,Young A,Grace J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Effort indicators are used to determine if neuropsychological test results are valid measures of a patient's cognitive abilities. The use of multiple effort measures is often advocated, but the false positive rate for multiple indicators depends on the number of measures used and the correlation among indicat...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Berthelson L,Mulchan SS,Odland AP,Miller LJ,Mittenberg W

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between self-awareness and depressive symptomatology with self-reports of memory, Quality-of-Life (QoL) and satisfaction with life in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Cross-sectional survey of 30 community dwelling adults, who sustained a TBI at least 1 yea...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Goverover Y,Chiaravalloti N

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine what is the use of time and physical activity in people undertaking inpatient rehabilitation in a specialised brain injury unit. To determine participants' level of independence related to the use of time and physical activity. METHODS:Design: Cross-sectional observation study. PARTICIPANTS:Fo...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Hassett L,Wong S,Sheaves E,Daher M,Grady A,Egan C,Seeto C,Hosking T,Moseley A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine characteristics associated with physical activity capacity and performance in children with acquired brain injury (ABI). METHODS:58 children (32 men; age 11 years 11 months ± 2 years 6 months; Gross motor function classification system [GMFCS] equivalent I = 29, II = 29) >12 months post ABI were recruit...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Baque E,Barber L,Sakzewski L,Ware R,Boyd RN

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective: To examine the factors associated with the remission of insomnia by examining a sample of individuals who had insomnia within the first two years after traumatic brain injury (TBI) and assessing their status at a secondary time point.Design and Methods: Secondary data analysis from a multicenter longitudina...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Lequerica AH,Weber E,Dijkers MP,Dams-O'Connor K,Kolakowsky-Hayner SA,Bell KR,Bushnik T,Goldin Y,Hammond FM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of Snoezelen therapy on physiological, cognitive and behavioural changes in children recovering from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:An observational study was conducted to assess the physiological, cognitive and behavioural changes of children recovering from severe T...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Hotz GA,Castelblanco A,Lara IM,Weiss AD,Duncan R,Kuluz JW

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：MAIN OBJECTIVE:Disorders of consciousness (DOC; encompassing coma, vegetative state/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (VS/UWS) and minimally conscious state minus/plus (MCS-/+)) are associated with structural brain injury. The extent of this damage remains poorly understood and merits a detailed examination using novel...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Guldenmund P,Soddu A,Baquero K,Vanhaudenhuyse A,Bruno MA,Gosseries O,Laureys S,Gómez F

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate objectively and quantitatively human pupillary responses to a light stimulus under photopic conditions in individuals with non-blast-induced, chronic, mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). METHODS:Seventeen individuals with chronic, non-blast-induced mTBI and 15 visually-normal (VN) controls were tes...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Thiagarajan P,Ciuffreda KJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether COMT Val158Met allele status was associated with (i) attentional performance and (ii) response to methylphenidate (MP) following traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Forty healthy controls and 32 patients with moderate-severe TBI (Mean time post-injury = 68 days) completed a b...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Willmott C,Ponsford J,McAllister TW,Burke R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to explore and extend previous findings that training with variant items improves generalization performance on novel semantic sentences in an individual with amnesia. RESEARCH DESIGN:A case study of an individual with severe amnesia, Patient T.E., who participated in an...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Stark S,Gordon B,Stark C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between working alliance, compliance, awareness and subjective outcome of brain injury rehabilitation. Subjects were 86 patients who were clients in an holistic neuropsychological outpatient rehabilitation programme. They had suffered a traumatic brain injury (n = 27), a cerebr...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Schönberger M,Humle F,Teasdale TW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:A study was initiated with the intent of demonstrating the cumulative effects of concussion in junior hockey players using visual event-related potentials and post-concussion syndrome (PCS) self-reports. METHODS:Players were assessed at the beginning of the season (pre-injury) and at various times post-injury....

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Gaetz M,Goodman D,Weinberg H

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature has been replete with reports that persons who require craniotomy for treatment of their traumatic brain injury have a far worse outcome. The majority of these reports have utilized the rather global Glasgow Outcome Scale as a determinant of outcome. This paper sought to evaluate the effect of craniotom...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Zafonte R,Ricker J,Lombard L,Mann N,Black K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Goldstein emphasized the anxiety-related avoidance of activities after brain injury, but such avoidance has rarely been systematically investigated. This study aimed to compile a list of specific threat appraisals that may lead to avoidance and to obtain data on the frequency with which these appraisals and c...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Riley GA,Brennan AJ,Powell T

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:This study explored the long-term effects of exercise on the proliferation, survival and migration of endogenous neural progenitor cells (NPCs) in the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the brain after intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH). RESEARCH DESIGN:ICH was induced by an injection of collagenase into the ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Jin J,Kang HM,Park C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:Research studies and clinical observations of individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) indicate marked deficits in mentalizing-perceiving social information and integrating it into judgements about the affective and mental states of others. The current study investigates social-cognitive mechanis...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Mutlu B,Duff M,Turkstra L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metronome, singing, and board pacing were used as external rate control techniques for the purpose of comparing the effectiveness of auditory and visual speech timing cues for reducing speech rate and increasing intelligibility in three traumatically brain injured mixed spastic-ataxic dysarthric speakers. A single sys...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Pilon MA,McIntosh KW,Thaut MH

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) induces polarity-specific activations in the vestibular nerves and upstream in the vestibular and parietotemporal cortices as well as sub-cortical regions. This makes it an attractive technique for cognitive neuromodulation. However, systematic studies regarding adverse e...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Utz KS,Korluss K,Schmidt L,Rosenthal A,Oppenländer K,Keller I,Kerkhoff G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:This prospective controlled non-randomized study investigated the effects of robotic gait training on electroencephalographic (EEG) brain activity in patients with impaired consciousness due to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). METHODS:Twelve TBI patients and 14 healthy controls underwent a single...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Lapitskaya N,Nielsen JF,Fuglsang-Frederiksen A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scedosporium apiospermum is an environmental mould. Human infection caused by this organism is described more and more often. However, only a few case reports demonstrate its role as a telluric contaminant in patients affected by traumatism. This report is the case of a severe post traumatic infection by S. apiospermu...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Farina C,Arosio M,Marchesi G,Amer M

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To examine the role played by two interviewing methods used in the evaluation of acute self-reported symptoms after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). METHOD AND PROCEDURES:A cohort of 354 mTBI-adult participants was recruited over a period of 36 months in emergency rooms of five Canadian trauma h...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Villemure R,Nolin P,Le Sage N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:Research has shown that traumatic brain injury (TBI) can affect a person's ability to perform previously learned skills. Dysexecutive syndrome and inattention, for example, alongside a number of other cognitive and behavioural impairments such as memory loss and lack of motivation, significantly affec...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Nikopoulos CK,Nikopoulou-Smyrni P,Konstantopoulos K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate that Visual Midline Shift Syndrome (VMSS) following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) can be corrected with yoked prisms. RESEARCH DESIGN:This randomized study describes how the use of yoked prisms affects visual midline and documents the influence of yoked prisms on improving postural orientat...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Padula WV,Nelson CA,Padula WV,Benabib R,Yilmaz T,Krevisky S

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:To explore the epidemiology of patients in a Vegetative State (VS) and Minimally Conscious State (MCS) that are cared for in long-term care facilities in Austria. The study was inspired by increasing evidence that the cognitive abilities of minimal behavioural patients with disorders of consciousness ...

journal_title：Brain injury

authors： Donis J,Kräftner B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00