Geriatric traumatic brain injury: epidemiology, outcomes, knowledge gaps, and future directions

RC Gardner, K Dams-O'Connor… - Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
This review of the literature on traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults focuses on incident
TBI sustained in older adulthood (“geriatric TBI”) rather than on the separate, but related …

Traumatic brain injury in older adults: epidemiology, outcomes, and future implications

HJ Thompson, WC McCormick… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant problem in older adults. In persons aged 65 and
older, TBI is responsible for more than 80,000 emergency department visits each year; three …

Traumatic brain injury in older adults: characteristics, causes and consequences

LA Harvey, JCT Close - Injury, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury is of particular concern in the older population. We
aimed to examine the trends in hospitalisations, causes and consequences of TBI in older …

Cognitive decline in older adults with a history of traumatic brain injury

L Moretti, I Cristofori, SM Weaver, A Chau… - The Lancet …, 2012 - thelancet.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem with potentially serious
long-term neurobehavioural sequelae. There is evidence to suggest that a history of TBI can …

Nonpharmacological cognitive interventions in aging and dementia

A Acevedo, DA Loewenstein - Journal of geriatric psychiatry …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
There have been increasing efforts to develop cognitive interventions to ameliorate cognitive
problems experienced by older adults. In healthy elderly populations, cognitive training has …

Prevalence and predictors of poor recovery from mild traumatic brain injury

AR Rabinowitz, X Li, SR McCauley, EA Wilde… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Although most patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) recover within 3 months, a
subgroup of patients experience persistent symptoms. Yet, the prevalence and predictors of …

Recent trends in hospitalization and in-hospital mortality associated with traumatic brain injury in Canada: a nationwide, population-based study

TS Fu, R Jing, SR McFaull… - Journal of Trauma and …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of traumatic death and
disability worldwide. We examined nationwide trends in TBI-related hospitalizations and in …

Recovery of cognitive function after traumatic brain injury: a multilevel modeling analysis of Canadian outcomes

BK Christensen, B Colella, E Inness, D Hebert… - Archives of physical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Christensen B, Colella B, Inness E, Hebbert D, Monette G, Bayley M, Green RE. The
recovery of cognitive function after traumatic brain injury: a multilevel modeling analysis of …

Infections after a traumatic brain injury: The complex interplay between the immune and neurological systems

R Sharma, SR Shultz, MJ Robinson, A Belli… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious global health issue, being the leading cause of
death and disability for individuals under the age of 45, and one of the largest causes of …

Comparison of functional outcome following acute care in young, middle-aged and elderly patients with traumatic brain injury

J LeBlanc, E Guise, N Gosselin, M Feyz - Brain injury, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Primary objective: To compare functional physical and cognitive outcome of patients in three
age groups with mild, moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) at discharge from …