In Australia, over 700,000 people have sustained a brain injury that restricts their normal daily activities to some extent (Brain Injury Australia 2023). Among those with brain injuries, three-quarters are under 65 years of age, and two-thirds acquired their brain injury before the age of 25...
The Quality of Life after Brain Injury (QOLIBRI) is a new international instrument for assessing quality of life after traumatic brain injury (TBI). We report first use and validation. Patients previously admitted with TBI to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, were randomly ...
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Examining the epidemiology of work-related traumatic brain injury through a sex/gender lens: analysis of workers’ compensation claims in Victoria, Australia. Occup. Environ. Med. 71, 695–703 (2014). PubMed Google Scholar Kim, H., Colantonio, A. & Chipman, M. Traumatic brain injury ...
Mostly, it's young adults, particularly men, who are affected. But many elderly people may get atraumatic brain injurywhen they fall. Australia has a growing population of survivors of traumatic braininjury. This is due to the young age of most victims and decreased death ratesdue to better ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality with widespread social, personal, and financial implications for those who survive. TBI is caused by four main events: motor vehicle accidents, sporting injuries, falls, and assaults. Similarly to international statistics, ann...
A team of Australia's leading health researchers has developed a new "dictionary" to better predict outcomes for people who have experienced a moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). The work is published in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
traumatic brain injurymanagementintracranial hypertensionExtended Glasgow Outcome ScoreBACKGROUND: An epidemiologic profile of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Australia and New Zealand was obtained following the publication of international evidence-based guidelines. METHODS: Adult patients with TBI admitted to...
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is one of the most debilitating consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is one of the most drug-resistant forms of epilepsy. Novel therapeutic treatment options are an urgent unmet clinical need. The current focus i
Simpson GK, Tate RL: Preventing suicide after traumatic brain injury: implications for general practice. Med J Aust 187:229 - 32, 2007Simpson, G., & Tate, R. (2007). Preventing suicide after traumatic brain injury: Implications for general practice. Medical Journal of Australia, 187, 229 -...