Naslov
Cognitive deficits in patients with postconcussive syndrom

Autori
Hauptfeld, Valerija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Skup
3. kongres Hrvatskog neurokirurškog društva

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 2002

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
postconcussive syndrom; congnitive deficit

Sažetak
Introduction: Mild head injury is the most frequent of traumatic brain damage. The acute conditions after concussion usually reflect some neuropsychological dysfunctions such as attention deficits, general slowlyness, problems in time sharing and emotional distress what results in impaired performace in intellectual and mnestic functions. Many studies note that three months after mild head trauma many patients are still unable to return to work. Our experience with patients with postconcussive syndrom shows that many of them complain on various mental dysfunctions even many months after injury. So we wanted to examinate the degree of objective cognitive dysfunction and their changes during time after trauma. Materials and methods: 69 patients with concussion were admitted to neuropsychological assessment 15 days to 1 year (4, 5 months average) after concussion. Their average age were 34 years and their average education was 13 years. We assessed mnestic (verbal and visual), visuoperceptive and constructive functions and thinking. Results: The results show very mild impairment in all functions and memory was the most impaired function. Male and female do not show the same impairment degree of same functions: there is a tendency that men are more impaired in verbal memory and women in visuoperceptive functions and visual memory. As regards time interval after injury we found the tendency of recovery after 3 months with best recovery after 6 months, especially in memory functions. Conclusion: W can conclude that cognitive deficits early after concussion are mild in most patients, but in spite of this, they show some degree in recovery reaching plateau 6 months after injury.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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