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Early head-up mobilisation versus standard care for patients with severe acquired brain injury: A systematic review with meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:There is increasing focus on earlier rehabilitation in patients with traumatic or hypoxic brain injury or stroke. This systematic review evaluates the benefits and harms of early head-up mobilisation versus standard care in patients with ...
Christian Gunge Riberholt, Vibeke Wagner, Jane Lindschou, Christian Gluud, Jesper Mehlsen, Kirsten Møller   +5 more
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The importance of early rehabilitation in traumatic brain injury

Nursing Practice Today, 2020
Traumatic brain injury, known as a silent epidemic, is considered as one of the leading causes of injury and disability and is a major health-related concern worldwide. Based on the level of consciousness, TBI is usually divided into three types of mild,
Mohammad Eghbali, Hamidreza Khankeh, Abbas Ebadi   +2 more
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Sports-related brain injury in the general population: An epidemiological study [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives To determine the incidence, nature and severity of all sports-related brain injuries in the general population. Design Population-based epidemiological incidence study.
Feigin, Valery L., Theadom, Alice, Hume, Partia A., Starkey, Nicola J., McPherson, Kathryn, Kahan, Michael, Dowell, Tony, Jones, K, McPherson, K, Christey, G, Te Ao, B, Kahan, M, Kydd, R, Starkey, NJ, Parag, V, Hardaker, N, Ameratunga, S, Dowell, T, Jones, A, Theadom, A, Feigin, V, Barker-Collo, S, Hume, PA, Brown, P   +23 more
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Investigating severe pediatric traumatic brain injury in South Africa : a demographic profile of admissions, brain oxygenation and neuropsychological outcomes and an attention-training intervention [PDF]

, 2013
Includes bibliographical references.The aim of this dissertation was to investigate severe pediatric traumatic brain injury (pTBI) in South Africa. To that end, I conducted three studies, each examining a different aspect of severe pTBI. Study 1 presents
Schrieff, Leigh
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Research progress in biological markers for predicting brain injury in premature infants [PDF]

Xin yixue
With the increasing maturity of neonatal intensive care technology， the survival rate of premature infants has been increased significantly. At the same time， the incidence of brain injury has also been elevated year by year， and most of the affected ...
SHI Qunfang, WANG Yu
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Early Onset Seizures Beget Seizures

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1999
The long-term effect of early-life seizures on later seizure-induced neuronal damage and behavior was investigated in the laboratory using systemic kainate to induce seizures in rats at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
J Gordon Millichap
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Resilience in mathematics after early brain injury: The roles of parental input and early plasticity

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 2018
Children with early focal unilateral brain injury show remarkable plasticity in language development. However, little is known about how early brain injury influences mathematical learning.
Dana E. Glenn, Özlem Ece Demir-Lira, Dominic J. Gibson, Eliza L. Congdon, Susan C. Levine   +4 more
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Folic Acid Enhances Early Functional Recovery in a Piglet Model of Pediatric Head Injury [PDF]

, 2010
For stroke and spinal cord injury, folic acid supplementation has been shown to enhance neurodevelopment and to provide neuroprotection. We hypothesized that folic acid would reduce brain injury and improve neurological outcome in a neonatal piglet model
Jill Ralston, Friess, Stuart, Susan S. Margulies, Naim, Maryam Y., Colin Smith, Helfaer, Mark A., Maryam Y. Naim, Karen Ryall, Ryall, Karen, Margulies, Susan S., Smith, Colin; id_orcid, Mark A. Helfaer, Ralston, Jill, Stuart Friess   +13 more
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Robotic bimanual arm training improves upper limb function in children with hemiparesis: a feasibility study

Frontiers in Pediatrics
IntroductionIn children with hemiparesis, bimanual training can produce greater gains in upper limb function compared with unimanual training of the impaired upper limb.
Talita Campos, Talita Campos, Shivakeshavan Ratnadurai-Giridharan, Shivakeshavan Ratnadurai-Giridharan, Marion-Victoria Wairimu, Annie Li, Sara Tamayo, Sara Tamayo, Kathleen M. Friel, Kathleen M. Friel   +9 more
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Clinical Manifestations of Intracranial Hypertension and Herniation Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2016
Neurocritically ill patients commonly develop secondary brain injury such as brain herniation and intracranial hypertension because of space occupying lesion in the brain.
Jeong-Ho Hong
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