What you need to know
Your senses of smell and taste are important for many aspects of your life.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause problems with smell and taste.
Loss of smell is often the cause of loss of taste after TBI.
Talk to your doctor about changes in your smell and/or taste.
Why ...
Learn about vegetative and minimally conscious states after severe traumatic brain injury. This factsheet explains changes in consciousness after severe TBI.
The Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center presents an audio factsheet on Vegetative And Minimally Conscious States After Severe Brain Injury. The factsheet was developed by Sherer M, Vaccaro M, Whyte J, Giacino JT, & the Consciousness Consortium in collaboration with the Model Systems Knowledge Translation Center.The information in this factsheet ...
Importance: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) leads to 2.9 million visits to US emergency departments annually and frequently involves a disorder of consciousness (DOC). Early treatment, including withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies and rehabilitation, is often predicated on the assumed worse outcome of disrupted consciousness.
Objective: To quantify the loss of consciousness, factors ...
In response to the need to better define the natural history of emerging consciousness after traumatic brain injury and to better describe the characteristics of the condition commonly labeled posttraumatic amnesia, a case definition and diagnostic criteria for the posttraumatic confusional state (PTCS) were developed. This project was completed by ...
Background: Early detection of consciousness after severe brain injury is critical for establishing an accurate prognosis and planning appropriate treatment.
Objectives: To determine which behavioural signs of consciousness emerge first and to estimate the time course to recovery of consciousness in patients with severe acquired brain injury.
Methods: Retrospective observational study using ...
What is the study about?
This study uses the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems national database to examine the prevalence of obesity in individuals 1 to 25 years following traumatic brain injury (TBI).
What did the study find?
The study found that rates of obesity and overweight problems increased overtime after TBI, with ...
What is the study about?
Neuroprotective treatments have shown promise in improving recovery from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in animals. However, no studies to date have shown such treatments to be effective in humans. One reason for this may be because such treatments are given to animals before or soon after ...
What is the study about?
There are three main indicators of severity of traumatic brain injury (TBI). These indices are length of coma, posttraumatic amnesia (PTA), and the degree of disturbance of consciousness soon after injury (Glasgow Coma Scale score). Researchers may sometimes rely on self-reported TBI severity. The goal of ...
What is the study about?
This study was conducted to evaluate the usefulness of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) in accounting for differences in life outcomes after injury. Traditionally, the GCS is used to predict survival in a hospitalized patient population rather than as a functional outcome. The GCS scale has ...
What is the study about?
This project aims to develop a case definition and diagnostic criteria for post-traumatic confusional state (PTCS) following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study describes clinical findings that establish a diagnosis of PTCS. Second, the study presents criteria for describing recovery from severe states of altered consciousness, ...
What are some possible behavior changes?
People who have a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may have changes in their behavior. People with a TBI and their families encounter some common behaviors:
Problems managing emotions. People with a TBI may have a sudden change in mood; they also may have ...
Driving is an important part of a person's independent lifestyle and integration into the community. Because we take our driving skills for granted, it is easy to forget that driving is the most dangerous thing we do in our everyday lives. A brain injury can affect the skills needed to ...
What is the study about?
The aim of this is study was to develop a specific evaluation tool to assess patient reported experience and impact of fatigue on people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). This was part of the larger Traumatic Brain Injury-Quality of Life (TBIQOL) measurement system. A computer adpative ...
What is the study about?
This study examined characteristics of patients with post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF) in order to assess characteristics of those whose fatigue persisted as compared to those whose fatigue resolved. The characteristics reported included: level of disability, sleep quality, mood, and community participation, as well as level ...
What is the study about?
This study reviewed research about treatments for post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). By comparing all published articles, researchers were able to identify promising best practices and areas that needed more research, because PTBIF has a negative impact on patients’ quality of life.
What did the study find?
Overall, ...
What is the study about?
This article is about post-traumatic brain injury fatigue (PTBIF). The characteristics and correlates of PTBIF are described. The authors summarize the empirical and theoretical literature on PTBIF, including a variety of biologically based theories for a type of fatigue that is likely to be regulated by ...
What is the study about?
This study looks at the perceived barriers to return to driving in people who were not driving after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). It looks at how perceived barriers are related to sex, race, and psychosocial factors.
What did the study find?
Physical abilities, opinions from medical providers, ...