[Points to Note about Neuropsychological Impairment in the Acute Management of Traumatic Brain Injury].

  • Kawai N
  • Hatakeyama T
  • Miyake K
  • et al.
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Abstract

Neuropsychological impairment after traumatic brain injury(TBI)is occasionally difficult to diagnose and called "invisible or hidden impairment," especially when physical impairment is mild. Patients and their family do not recognize the impairment during hospitalization and even after discharge. However, they manifest many problems when they return to real life and society. Here, we have presented the characteristics and tips to diagnose neuropsychological impairment after TBI that are important for clinical neurosurgeons working at acute care hospitals. They are as follows: 1)In the emergency room, accurate evaluation of the consciousness state is the first step. 2)In the acute phase after TBI, do not mix up acute symptomatic seizure and post-traumatic epilepsy. 3)Soon after stabilization of the general condition, detailed radiological examinations should be performed to detect organic brain damages with MRI including DWI, FLAIR, T2*, and SWI. 4)At discharge, it is necessary to provide information about neuropsychological impairment to the patients and their family members. Neurosurgeons should diagnose and treat the patients with accurate understanding of neuropsychological impairment in the acute management of TBI.

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Kawai, N., Hatakeyama, T., Miyake, K., & Tamiya, T. (2021). [Points to Note about Neuropsychological Impairment in the Acute Management of Traumatic Brain Injury]. No Shinkei Geka. Neurological Surgery, 49(5), 1084–1092. https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1436204492

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