Citation

Fortuny LA, Briggs M, Newcombe F, Ratcliff G, Thomas C. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 1980; 43(5): 377-379.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1980, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7420085

PMCID

PMC490561

Abstract

A simple quantitative test is described for measuring the duration of post-traumatic amnesia. It was used in a study of 336 patients with closed head injury; and the results matched closely the independent estimates of experienced neurosurgeons. A systematic procedure of this kind is clinically useful in its sensitivity to fluctuations or deterioration in the patient's mental state. It could also be used with advantage in multi-centre research by providing a standard criterion for the assessment of post-traumatic amnesia.

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