Citation

Watzl S, Koch HJ. Neurol. Rehabil. 2007; 13(3): 146-150.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Kagerer Kommunikation)

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Abstract

Hypoxic brain injuries are severe consequences of cardiac and pulmonary events requiring resuscitation, trauma, massive bloodloss or suicide attempts. The acute care is mostly followed by a neurological rehabilitation aiming for the avoidance of complications and for the best possible improvement of motoric and cerebral skills. The course of 82 patients who were admitted into the neurological rehabilitation clinic at the Bezirksklinikum Regensburg after hypoxic brain injury are analysed in retrospect. They show on the one hand a correlation between the age of the patients at brain injury time and the duration of treatment and on the other hand an improvement in cognitive and motoric skills or - in case of apallic patients - in the reaction to external stimulus measured by FIM (Functional independence measure) and CRS (Coma remission scale) respectively. © Hippocampus Verlag 2007.

Language: de

Keywords

adult; human; cognition; aged; traumatic brain injury; article; major clinical study; controlled study; hypoxia; treatment duration; correlational study; rehabilitation care; Hypoxic encephalopathy; CRS; FIM; Neurological rehabilitation; Persistant vegetative state