Brain injuries
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Acquired Brain Injury - Brain Foundation
Acquired Brain Injury (Brain Injury, Head Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI) Description Brain injury includes a complex group of medical and surgical problems that are caused by trauma to the head
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Traumatic Brain Injury - Brain Foundation
Traumatic Brain Injury See Acquired Brain Injury 2012 Research Applicant Essay Sandy Shultz 2012 Research Applicant Essay Cathy Catroppa DISCLAIMER: The information provided is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient / site visitor and his / her existing health care professionals
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Acquired brain injury - Better Health Channel
The long-term effects of brain injury will be different for each person and can range from mild to profound.
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Acquired brain injury | Cerebral Palsy Alliance
An acquired brain injury can have a lasting impact on a persons ability to move, communicate, think and remember, and can affect their life, work and relationships.
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Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Acquired brain injury - children
An acquired brain injury refers to any damage to the brain that occurs after birth
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Acquired brain injury in children & teens | Raising Children Network
Acquired brain injury (ABI) is brain damage that happens after birth. Life with ABI can be challenging, but health professionals will support your child.
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Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) | Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT) is a form of non-accidental brain injury
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Concussion - Brain Foundation
Concussion (See also Acquired Brain Injury) Description Concussion is used to describe a minor head injury that is not usually life-threatening
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Coma - Brain Foundation
Coma (See also Acquired Brain Injury, Stroke) Description Coma is a state of unconsciousness in which a patient does not react with the surrounding environment
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Concussion - myDr.com.au
Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that results in sudden onset of neurological symptoms that resolve spontaneously over a varying period of time.
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Traumatic Brain Injuries | Ausmed
Brain injuries are common in Australia. Over 700,000 people have sustained a brain injury that restricts their normal daily activities to some extent. Even more concerning, is three quarters of these people are under 65 years of age, and two thirds acquired their brain injury before 25 years of age.
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Traumatic Brain Injuries | Ausmed
Brain injuries are common in Australia. Over 700,000 people have sustained a brain injury that restricts their normal daily activities to some extent. Even more concerning, is three quarters of these people are under 65 years of age, and two thirds acquired their brain injury before 25 years of age.
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Haemostatic drugs for traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
This review has been withdrawn
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Does hyperbaric oxygen therapy improve the survival and quality of life in patients with traumatic brain injury? | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: In people with traumatic brain injury, while the addition of HBOT may reduce the risk of death and improve the final GCS, there is little evidence that the survivors have a good outcome
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Psychological treatment for anxiety in people with traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: This review provides some evidence for the effectiveness of CBT for treatment of acute stress disorder following mild TBI and CBT combined with neurorehabilitation for targeting general anxiety symptomatology in people with mild to moderate TBI
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Understanding Brain Damage Locations | Ausmed
Generally brain damage is described depending on location of the injury, so it may be which lobe the site of the injury is located at or which vessel has been damaged, for example: a glioblastoma in the left parietal lobe or a middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke.
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Post-Traumatic Amnaesia | Ausmed
When an accident occurs and there is an impact to an individuals head, their brain tissue can be damaged resulting in a brain injury (Mauk 2012). In addition to the individual losing consciousness and various other symptoms of a brain injury, they also may experience post-traumatic amnaesia (PTA).
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Impacts of childhood trauma and abuse
Information for survivors and to better understand childhood trauma, abuse and complex trauma.
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Video: clinicians supporting complex trauma survivors
A video for health professionals working clinically with adult survivors of complex trauma. Other information, tools, training, resources for health workers.
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Stroke Care Management: Alien Hand Syndrome
A published Monash University study found that 70% of nurses surveyed reported being physically assaulted in the workplace. The challenge for nurses is that they are caring for patients who may be aggressive due to an acute or untreated medical condition such as dementia, delirium or brain injury.
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