Brain injuries
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Brain Foundation | Acquired Brain Injury
Acquired Brain Injury 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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Brain Foundation | Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury Traumatic Brain Injury See Acquired Brain Injury 2012 Research Applicant Essay - Sandy Shultz 2012 Research Applicant Essay -Cathy Catroppa
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Acquired brain injury in children | Raising Children Network
An acquired brain injury (ABI) is any damage to the brain that happens after birth. Read about ABI causes, features and support, especially in children.
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Parenting and Child Health - Health Topics - Acquired brain injury
Trauma to the head is the most common cause of acquired brain injury in children. Trauma means that an injury to the brain has been caused by a blow to the head, such as falling, motor vehicle accident, bicycle accident or being hit on the head, or by being shaken.
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BrainLink | ABI Information Kit
The Acquired Brain Injury information kit was produced by a joint committee of brain injury organisations with the support and assistance of the Department of Human Services Victoria
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Brain Foundation | Concussion
Concussion 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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BrainLink | Programs and Events for People with ABI/ABD
The BrainLink Group is a recreational group for people impacted by acquired brain injury or disorder
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Brain Foundation | Coma
Coma 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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BrainLink | Carers Guide
For Those Who Care is a practical guide for families of people with neurological conditions or acquired brain injury
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Corticosteroids to treat brain injury | Cochrane
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. After the injury the brain may swell, causing a potentially fatal condition called raised intracranial pressure (ICP). Corticosteroid drugs have been widely used, for many years, to treat patients with brain injury because they are thought to reduce intracranial pressure. Some examples of corticosteroids are dexamethasone and methylprednisolone.
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The Lund concept in the treatment of brain injuries | Cochrane
Brain injuries are a significant cause of death and permanent disability. It is recognised that the magnitude of the injury is not defined at the moment of the injury, but rather develops in the hours and days that follow. Treatment in the hours following brain injury is aimed at the maintenance of adequate brain blood flow and the prevention of brain swelling. The Lund concept differs from conventional treatment strategies in emphasising the pressures inside small blood vessels in the brain.
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Use of aminosteroids to treat traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability. After the initial blow to the head, additional brain damage can occur through a reduction of oxygen to the brain tissues (cerebral hypoxia). Chemicals called aminosteroids have been shown to help stop cell membrane damage and cell death in animals.
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Progesterone for traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
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Treatment for apathy in people with traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
Many people who have a traumatic brain injury experience apathy. Apathy is a decrease in cognitive, behavioural and emotional components of goal-directed activity due to reduced motivation. It is characterised by lessened activity, initiative and concern about working towards and achieving goals. This problem impacts on rehabilitation outcome, independence, work and family burden.
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Bradykinin beta-2 receptor antagonists for traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Not all damage to the brain occurs at the moment of injury. The injury sustained at the moment of impact (primary brain injury) initiates a sequence of mechanisms which cause further brain damage (secondary brain injury).
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Fitness training to improve fitness after traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
Traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of long-term disability in children and young adults. Reduced fitness is a common problem after traumatic brain injury. Clinically, fitness training is used to address this problem.
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Using technology to rehabilitate children and adolescents with acquired brain injury | Cochrane
We aimed to assess the effects of technology-based interventions in rehabilitating children and adolescents with acquired brain injury.
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Excitatory amino acid inhibiting drugs for traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
Brain injury can start a cascade of damage to brain tissue. Release into the brain of excess excitatory amino acids is thought to begin this process. Drugs which stop the release of excitatory amino acids or which block them may reduce brain damage. Studies have been done in patients with stroke as well as traumatic brain injury. The review found that the results from most drug trials with brain injured patients have not been published. There is therefore not enough evidence about the effects of excitatory amino acid inhibiting drugs for traumatic brain injury, and more published trials are needed.
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Haemostatic drugs for traumatic brain injury | Cochrane
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