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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Effects of Brain Injury - Synapse
Behavioural Impaired self-awareness and brain injury Lack of self-awareness is a common outcome for people who sustain brain injuries with frontal lobe damage
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Causes of Brain Injury - Synapse
Causes of Brain Injury Infections and Diseases Infections that cause swelling in the brain or the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord (meninges) can result in acquired brain injury (ABI)
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About Brain Injury - Synapse
Brain injury includes a number of conditions and disorders that result in impairment to the brain and its functions.
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Brain Injury Basics - Synapse
Brain Injury Basics Understanding the Nervous System The nervous system is a complex system including the brain, spinal cord and nerves
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Headache and brain injury - Synapse
Headaches are a common and often persistent problem after acquiring a brain injury. Headaches can arise after damage to different structures both inside and outside the head.
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Understanding Brain Injury | Synapse
While every brain injury is different, we have a range of information on hand that can help explain the impacts.
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Traumatic Brain Injury - Synapse
Traumatic brain injury is caused by either a blow to the head or by the head being forced to move rapidly forwards or backwards.
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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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Pain Management and brain injury - Synapse
Pain can be one of the many resulting effects from a brain injury and it needs appropriate management to maintain a reasonable quality of life.
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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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Post-Traumatic Amnaesia | Ausmed
When an accident occurs and there is an impact to an individual’s 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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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
When damage occurs to the brain due to stroke, tumour, traumatic injury or other reasons, the resulting symptoms are dependent on where the brain was damaged and the extent of the damage. Symptoms may include alterations to the person’s speech, mobility, memory and even personality.
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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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Dementia Types and Symptoms | Ausmed
Dementia is the term used for a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain–it is not one specific disease. There are 6 main cognitive domains that may be affected by dementia. An estimated 1,800 new cases of dementia are detected each week and this is expected to grow.
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