Recovery of Consciousness and Functional Outcome in Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

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 disrupte...

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Published in:	JAMA neurology Vol. 78; no. 5; p. 548
Main Authors:	Kowalski, Robert G, Hammond, Flora M, Weintraub, Alan H, Nakase-Richardson, Risa, Zafonte, Ross D, Whyte, John, Giacino, Joseph T
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.2021
Subjects:	Adult Brain Injuries - complications Brain Injuries - therapy Brain Injuries, Traumatic - complications Brain Injuries, Traumatic - therapy Cohort Studies Consciousness - physiology Consciousness Disorders - therapy Female Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Middle Aged Outcome Assessment, Health Care Patient Discharge - statistics & numerical data Physical Therapy Modalities - statistics & numerical data Recovery of Function - physiology Rehabilitation Centers - statistics & numerical data
ISSN:	2168-6157, 2168-6157
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