Cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injury in elderly patients | ||
| Sohag Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2018, Pages 11-13 PDF (184.25 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/smj.2018.34180 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Momen Mohamed Almamoun1; Magda Mohamed Ali2; Ahmed Mohamed EL Sayed1; Roshdy Abd Elaziz Elkhayat3 | ||
| 1Department of Neurosurgery , Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University. | ||
| 2Department of public health and community medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University. | ||
| 3Department of Neurosurgery , Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: To assess the cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injury in elderly patients. Design: a prospective study. Methodsthis study was conducted on 50 elderly patients exposed to TBI in sohag university hospital and 50 patients exposed to TBI but less than 65 years used as a control. IntroductionTraumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant problem in older adults,and is associated with changes in the brain that affect the cognition(Sapoznik et al 2006) ResultsDuring the study period, 50 elderly patients with TBI were followed up for cognitive outcome, 12 patients (24%) were associated with cognitive deficits. Conclusion: TBI in elderly patients is associated with cognitive deficits post injury | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Traumatic brain injury; elderly patients; cognitive outcome; geriatric trauma; prognosis | ||
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