Examines the relationship between the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status examination (Cognistat) and established neuropsychological measures of related constructs in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) sample. Evaluates Cognistat performance in assessing orientation, attention, language, memory, calculation, construction, and reasoning.
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Reports the results of a study investigating the roles that depression and cognition play in the recovery of ambulation and the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) in geriatric patients undergoing physical rehabilitation. Subjects consisted of 423 medical rehabilitation inpatients between the ages of 60 and 99. Depression ...
Summarizes pharmacological responses to agitation among people who are in an intensive care setting. Discusses antipsychotic, neuroleptic, opioid, benzodiazepine, paralyzing, sedative, and antidepressant agents, as well as propofol.
This paper deals with the issue of fitness to drive in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Guidelines for assessment are proposed and three types of studies are reviewed: studies about impairments of attention and information processing, studies of driving competence, and driver selection studies, applying and evaluating ...