Researchers develop a list of predictors of recovery at 6 months.
Although most individuals recover after a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), clinicians find it difficult to identify these patients early after injury. In a prospective, questionnaire-based study, the authors have developed rules to identify patients who will have the highest chance of good recovery 6 months later.
Mild TBI was defined as impact to the head and a Glasgow Coma Scale admission score of 13 to 15, with or without only brief loss of consciousness or posttraumatic amnesia. The researchers rated postconcussive symptoms (PCS); assessed return-to-work status; and analyzed multiple preinjury, peri-injury, and early postinjury variables.
Questionnaires were given to 452 patients soon after admission to the emergency department of a maj…
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)
DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)