TY - JOUR
T1 - Congenital and Acquired Brain Injury. 1. Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Prognostication, Innovative Treatments, and Prevention
AU - Brown, Allen W.
AU - Elovic, Elie P.
AU - Kothari, Sunil
AU - Flanagan, Steven R.
AU - Kwasnica, Christina
PY - 2008/3
Y1 - 2008/3
N2 - Brown AW, Elovic EP, Kothari S, Flanagan SR. Kwasnica C. Congenital and acquired brain injury. 1. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognostication, innovative treatments, and prevention. This self-directed learning module reviews the current epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI), its pathophysiology, prognostication after injury, currently available innovative early approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and effective methods of prevention. It is intended to provide the rehabilitation clinician with current knowledge to accurately inform patients, families, significant others, referring physicians, and payers and to aid in clinical decision making while caring for patients after TBI. Overall Article Objective: To describe current knowledge in traumatic brain injury epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognostication, acute treatment, and prevention.
AB - Brown AW, Elovic EP, Kothari S, Flanagan SR. Kwasnica C. Congenital and acquired brain injury. 1. Epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognostication, innovative treatments, and prevention. This self-directed learning module reviews the current epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (TBI), its pathophysiology, prognostication after injury, currently available innovative early approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and effective methods of prevention. It is intended to provide the rehabilitation clinician with current knowledge to accurately inform patients, families, significant others, referring physicians, and payers and to aid in clinical decision making while caring for patients after TBI. Overall Article Objective: To describe current knowledge in traumatic brain injury epidemiology, pathophysiology, prognostication, acute treatment, and prevention.
KW - Diffuse axonal injury
KW - Economics
KW - Guidelines [publication type]
KW - Mortality
KW - Preventive measures
KW - Rehabilitation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.12.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 18295647
AN - SCOPUS:42149161104
SN - 0003-9993
VL - 89
SP - S3-S8
JO - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
JF - Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
IS - 3 SUPPL. 1
ER -