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Cognitive outcome of traumatic brain injury in elderly patients

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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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

DOI

10.21608/smj.2018.34180

Keywords

Traumatic brain injury, elderly patients, cognitive outcome, geriatric trauma, prognosis

Authors

First Name

Momen

Last Name

Almamoun

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery , Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

Email

momenmohamed@med.sohag.edu.eg

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Sohag

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Magda

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of public health and community medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

Email

magda_ali@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

sohag

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

EL Sayed

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery , Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University.

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Sohag

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First Name

Roshdy

Last Name

Elkhayat

MiddleName

Abd Elaziz

Affiliation

Department of Neurosurgery , Faculty of Medicine, Assuit University.

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Assuit

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Volume

22

Article Issue

1

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4799

Issue Date

2018-01-01

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2017-12-03

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2018-01-01

Page Start

11

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13

Print ISSN

1687-8353

Online ISSN

2682-4159

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SMJ_Volume 22_Issue 1_Pages 11-13.pdf

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Sohag Medical Journal

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22 Jan 2023