Neuropsychological follow-up was studied in 70 consecutive head-injured subjects aged over 50 years. Diffuse deterioration (28%), moderate deterioration (25%) and dementia (21%) were the most frequent sequelae. Analysis of correlations between neuropsychological sequelae and trauma variables showed that: (1) mild trauma did not necessarily imply good prognosis and could be followed by very severe consequences; (2) duration of post-traumatic amnesia was correlated with coma duration but not with neuropsychological outcome; (3) on the whole, no prognostic predictor of the outcome was found.
Head-injured subjects aged over 50 years: correlations between variables of trauma and neuropsychologial follow-up / Mazzucchi, A.; Cattelaui, R.; Missale, G.; Gugliotta, M.; Brianti, R.; Parma, M.. - In: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 0340-5354. - 239:5(1992), pp. 256-260. [10.1007/BF00810347]
Head-injured subjects aged over 50 years: correlations between variables of trauma and neuropsychologial follow-up
Mazzucchi A.;Missale G.;Gugliotta M.;Brianti R.;Parma M.
1992-01-01
Abstract
Neuropsychological follow-up was studied in 70 consecutive head-injured subjects aged over 50 years. Diffuse deterioration (28%), moderate deterioration (25%) and dementia (21%) were the most frequent sequelae. Analysis of correlations between neuropsychological sequelae and trauma variables showed that: (1) mild trauma did not necessarily imply good prognosis and could be followed by very severe consequences; (2) duration of post-traumatic amnesia was correlated with coma duration but not with neuropsychological outcome; (3) on the whole, no prognostic predictor of the outcome was found.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
