Cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injury in elderly patients

Autor:	Ahmed Mohamed El Sayed, Roshdy Abd Elaziz Elkhayat, Magda Mohamed Ali, Momen Almamoun
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Traumatic brain injury Cognition University hospital medicine.disease Affect (psychology) Post injury nervous system diseases Geriatric trauma Medicine business Prospective cohort study
Zdroj:	Sohag Medical Journal. 22:11-13
ISSN:	1687-8353
DOI:	10.21608/smj.2018.34180
Popis:	Objective: To assess the cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injury in elderly patients. Design: a prospective study. Methodsthis study was conducted on 50 elderly patients exposed to TBI in sohag university hospital and 50 patients exposed to TBI but less than 65 years used as a control. IntroductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant problem in older adults,and is associated with changes in the brain that affect the cognition(Sapoznik et al 2006) ResultsDuring the study period, 50 elderly patients with TBI were followed up for cognitive outcome, 12 patients (24%) were associated with cognitive deficits. Conclusion: TBI in elderly patients is associated with cognitive deficits post injury
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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