A 53-year-old male with history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) presented localized dissociative amnesia following a second head injury. While memory loss due to TBI is present in the literature, presentations this type are very rare. Although fully independent activities daily living, patient demonstrated severe deficits visual and processing speed upon neurocognitive evaluation. Effort testin...

After traumatic brain injury, neuropsychological testing may be insensitive in documenting functional brain injury. Imaging with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scanning may identify brain injury that is missed on neuropsychological testing. A 27-year-old man had loss of consciousness after hydrogen sulfide expos...

Diffuse traumatic brain injury refers to widespread pattern of injury throughout the brain caused by traumatic disruption of nerve cells, with particular injury to the axons [1]. There are four principal types of traumatic brain injury: diffuse vascular injury, diffuse axonal injury, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and diffuse brain swelling [2]. Clinically, DAI is characterized by generalized ...

background cerebral state index (csi) is derived from electroencephalogram (eeg) and is used for monitoring the level of consciousness during anesthesia. this study was designed to investigate the accuracy of glasgow coma scale (gcs) and csi as a predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with trauma brain injury (tbi). objective to compare the predictive value of gcs and csi for predicting...

objective: to evaluate and describe the sleep quality in seven subscales among the patients with mild traumatic brain injury (tbi) and compare it with normal patterns. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted within a 6-month period from february to august 2014 in shahid rajaei trauma center of shiraz. participants were selected randomly from all adult (18-60 years of age) patients adm...

objective(s):hyperglycemia worsens the neuronal death induced by cerebral ischemia. previous studies demonstrated that diabetic hyperglycemia suppressed the expression of heat shock protein 70 and 60 (hsp70 and 60) in the liver. igg antibody titres against heat shock protein 27 (anti hsp27) were measured to determine whether hyperglycemia exacerbates ischemic brain damage by suppressing the exp...

We explored whether parents of our pediatric patients valued the diagnostic terms "concussion," "minor traumatic brain injury," and "mild traumatic brain injury" as equivalent or nonequivalent. 1734 of 2304 parents attending a regional pediatric emergency department completed a brief questionnaire assessing the equivalence or nonequivalence of the diagnostic terms "concussion," "minor traumatic...

background & aim: traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of death and disability. the aim of this study is to systematically review the articles which assessed some serum factors of traumatic brain injury patients in relation to their outcomes. methods & materials/patients: databases were searched for relevant publications from 2005 to 2014. selection criteria were:studies which evalu...