Iatrogenic hand trauma in institutionalized brain-injured patients: About 2 cases.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anplas.2021.06.003
Abstract: The objective of this work was to draw the attention of caretakers for institutionalized brain-injured patients to the risk of iatrogenic trauma associated with improper manipulation of the fingers during hand opening for grooming. Two… read more here.
Keywords: brain injured; iatrogenic hand; institutionalized brain; injured patients ... See more keywords
Evaluating the Accuracy of Self-Ratings of Language in Adults with Aphasia and Non-Brain Injured Adults: A Pilot Study.
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DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749432
Abstract: Rating scales are frequently used in research and clinical practice with people with aphasia (PWA) to characterize communication in the home environment. However, it remains unclear whether responses provided on rating scales accurately reflect the… read more here.
Keywords: brain injured; accuracy; language; non brain ... See more keywords
Incorporation of a working memory strategy in GMT to facilitate serial-order behaviour in brain-injured patients
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DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2018.1517369
Abstract: ABSTRACT Goal Management Training (GMT) is an effective method for improving disorganised behaviour in multistep real-life tasks after brain damage. In the present study we incorporated Working Memory Training (WMT) in GMT to explore their… read more here.
Keywords: gmt wmt; serial order; working memory; wmt ... See more keywords
Traumatic brain injured patients: primum non nocere
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DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000626
Abstract: Purpose of review Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains an unfortunately common disease with potentially devastating consequences for patients and their families. However, it is important to remember that it is a spectrum of disease and… read more here.
Keywords: injured patients; traumatic brain; patients primum; primum non ... See more keywords
Explain the ‘unexplainable’: A qualitative enquiry of the representations of the caregivers of brain-injured people
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DOI: 10.1177/1359105316642834
Abstract: The aim of our research is to highlight the role of social representations of the traumatic brain-injured person in the adjustments made by caregivers in building and maintaining quality of care. Twenty-three semi-structured interviews were… read more here.
Keywords: unexplainable qualitative; explain unexplainable; enquiry representations; qualitative enquiry ... See more keywords
Comparison of transorbital ultrasound measurements to predict intracranial pressure in brain-injured patients requiring external ventricular drainage.
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DOI: 10.3171/2021.1.jns204218
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) excluding the dura mater (ONSDE; i.e., the subarachnoid diameter) and the ONSD including the dura mater (ONSDI) have been used differently in studies, but the predictive ability of… read more here.
Keywords: external ventricular; brain injured; etd ratio; intracranial pressure ... See more keywords
Treating severely brain-injured patients with apomorphine: study protocol for a double blind randomized placebo-controlled trial using behavioral and neuroimaging assessments
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DOI: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2018.95.00065
Abstract: Leandro R. D. Sanz1, Nicolas Lejeune1,2,3, Aurore Thibaut1, Séverine Blandiaux1, Johan Stender4, Neal Farber5, Ross Zafonte6,7, Steven Laureys1, Olivia Gosseries1 1. Coma Science Group, GIGA Consciousness, University and University Hospital of Liège, Liège, Belgium 2.… read more here.
Keywords: injured patients; treating severely; massachusetts usa; severely brain ... See more keywords
Cerebral Oxygen Delivery and Consumption in Brain-Injured Patients
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DOI: 10.3390/jpm12111763
Abstract: Organism survival depends on oxygen delivery and utilization to maintain the balance of energy and toxic oxidants production. This regulation is crucial to the brain, especially after acute injuries. Secondary insults after brain damage may… read more here.
Keywords: brain injured; brain; injured patients; oxygen ... See more keywords
Early abolition of cough reflex predicts mortality in deeply sedated brain-injured patients
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10326
Abstract: Background Deep sedation may hamper the detection of neurological deterioration in brain-injured patients. Impaired brainstem reflexes within the first 24 h of deep sedation are associated with increased mortality in non-brain-injured patients. Our objective was… read more here.
Keywords: brain injured; cough reflex; injured patients; sedation ... See more keywords