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Trial reportBioMed research international2014

Predictors of memory and processing speed dysfunctions after traumatic brain injury.

William Winardi, Aij-Lie Kwan, Tse-Lun Wang, Yu-Feng Su, Chun-Po Yen, Hung-Pei Tsai, Jason Sheehan, Chwen-Yng Su

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

William WinardiSchool of Medicine, Poznan University, 61-701 Poznan, Poland.
Aij-Lie KwanDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA ; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
Tse-Lun WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
Yu-Feng SuDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA ; Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
Chun-Po YenDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Hung-Pei TsaiCollege of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
Jason SheehanDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
Chwen-Yng SuDepartment of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan.
Kaohsiung Medical University · TWKaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital · TWUniversity of Virginia · USUniversity of Virginia Health System · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe aims of this study were to evaluate the predictive value of admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores, duration of unconsciousness, neurosurgical intervention, and countercoup lesion on the impairment of memory and processing speed functions six months after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on a structural equation modeling.

methodsThirty TBI patients recruited from Neurosurgical Department at the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital were administered the Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III processing speed index to evaluate the memory and processing speed functions.

resultsThe study showed that GCS scores accounted for 40% of the variance in memory/processing speed. No significant predictive effects were found for the other three variables. GCS classification at the time of TBI seems to correspond moderately to the severity of memory/processing speed dysfunctions.

conclusionsThe present study demonstrated that admission GCS score is a robust predictor of memory/processing speed dysfunctions after TBI. The results should be replicated with a large sample of patients with TBI, or be extended by examining other potential clinical predictors.

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Brain InjuriesMemory DisordersPerceptual DisordersAdolescentAdultAgedComaHumansMiddle AgedTime Factors

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