Cognitive impairment in diffuse axonal injury patients with favorable outcome.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially the severe TBI are often followed by persistent cognitive sequalae, including decision-making difficulties, reduced neural processing speed and memory deficits. Diffuse axonal injury (DAI) is classified as one of the severe types of TBI. Part of DAI patients are marginalized from social life due to cognitive impairment, even if they are rated as favorable outcome. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the specific type and severity of cognitive impairment in DAI patients with favorable outcome.

Methods

The neurocognition of 46 DAI patients with favorable outcome was evaluated by the Chinese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Basic (MoCA-BC), and the differences in the domains of cognitive impairme

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9905128 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature