Anoxic brain injury: Clinical patterns and functional outcomes. A study of 93 cases

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1311-1323

  Fitzgerald, Alasdair ^a   Aditya, Hosakere ^b   Prior, Anthony ^a   McNeill, Ewan ^a   Pentland, Brian ^a,c  

^a ASTLEY AINSLIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anoxia hypoxia; Brain injury; Cognition; Functional outcome; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; AGED; ANOXIC BRAIN INJURY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 77956681616     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.506864     Document Type: Article

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