Chronic impact of traumatic brain injury on outcome and quality of life: A narrative review

Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Stocchetti, Nino ^a,b   Zanier, Elisa R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Disability; Long term outcome; Quality of life; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FAMILY STRESS; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFLAMMATION; INJURY SEVERITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; MORTALITY; NARRATIVE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIM MISFOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINAL CORD LESION; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WHITE MATTER INJURY; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; COGNITION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84977623166     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1318-1     Document Type: Review

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