FORENSIC REPORT WRITING AND TESTIMONY IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASES

TAU group did not benefit from practice as would be expected or their performance deteriorated. Incontrast, the attention-training group was able to benefit from practice and, moreover, improved,albeit only significantly for Map Search (2 min). One final comment is the fact that Map Search an[r]

neuronal degeneration in rat lateral fluid percussion and weight-dropbrain injury models. J Neurotrauma 2004, 21:521-539.57. Semple BD, Bye N, Rancan M, Ziebell JM, Morganti-Kossmann MC: Role ofCCL2 (MCP-1) in traumatic brain injury (TBI): evidence fr[r]

18. Yan T, Feng Y, Zhai Q: Axon degeneration: Mechanisms and implicationsof a distinct program from cell death. Neurochemistry International 2010,56:529-534.19. Gilley J, Coleman MP: Endogenous Nmnat2 is an essential survival factorfor maintenance of healthy axons. PLoS Biol 2010, 8:e1000300.[r]

Two groups, demented in- or outpatients referred to a psychiatric unit and healthy controls were assessed on the Cantonese MMSE (C-MMSE). The MMSE was translated and back-translated, with several modifications made to ensure cultural appropriateness and guard against poor[r]

partments for sports- and recreation-related head inju-ries; of these persons, 200,000 were diagnosed with abrain injury (Gotsch et al. 2002). Countless sports-relatedTBIs go unreported because the majority are MTBIcases—for example, concussions without loss of con-sciousness (Collins[r]

Trauma in Pregnancy489with a GCS of less than 8 had a 19% rate of craniotomy, those with GCS between 8 and 13 had a 9% rate of craniotomy, and victims who presented with a GCS of greater than 13 had a 3% need for craniotomy [19] . Assessment of the patient with trauma in[r]

Brain Edema in Neurological Disease 135at a lower density, AQP4 is also expressed in endothelial cell membranes. Becauseof the close apposition of the astrocytic foot processes and their high density ofAQP4, water that crosses the BBB will rapidly and preferentiall[r]

the other with an increased risk of sepsis, so it’s use is controversial (Fowlie et al., 2010; Brion et al., 2003). The treatment doesn´t includes a specific therapy, it is supportive and the main goal is to preserve more perfectly cerebral perfusion. Treatment and early detection of c[r]

good results especially in young patients that aggresivelly lowered inreased ICP levels and optimized CPP and cerebral oxygenation by multidisiplinary approach with neurointensivist, neuroanesthesist and neurosurgeon. In this chapter we will discuss the intensive c[r]

of these animals received a severe injury after the repetitive mild injuries. Motor function deficits were evident in severely injured animals, but not in animals that received repeated mild injuries or repeated mild injuries followed by a severe injury. This last observa[r]

REVIEW Open AccessThe New Wave: Time to bring EEG to theEmergency DepartmentSamah G Abdel Baki1,2, Ahmet Omurtag1, André A Fenton1,3,4and Shahriar Zehtabchi2*AbstractEmergency electroencephalography (EEG) is indicated in the diagnosis and management of non-convulsive statusepile[r]

This means that the physician and nurse will need to watch for persistent elevations of the baseline rate to a level of tachycardia or higher or look for the potential for the baseline rate to fall suddenly. To assist with the identifi cation of the Hon pattern, medical and nursing pers[r]

The Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will host a special guest lecture by Dr.Barbra Zupan, PhD, associate professor of applied linguistics at Brock University, St. Catharines,Ontario, Canada, on “Assessing Affect Recognition and Emotional Responses in Persons w[r]

used for drug development in the stroke field [3,4,19].To summarize, it is now clear that animal modelsshould closely reproduce the complex cardiovascularand cerebral pathophysiology of stroke patients, andneuroprotection should be evaluated on a long-lastingand functional basis, rather than o[r]