Therefore, in light of all the evidence, the Tribunal found the applicant's brain impairment and lowered GCS scores were
caused by her brain injury and hypovolaemia directly resulting from the accident.
Motor vehicle accidents result in the largest percentage of death
caused by a brain injury.
Caused by brain injury or malformation that occurs during brain development, it can occur before, during, or after birth.
Some fatigue directly results from loss of function
caused by the brain injury, in specific parts of the brain.
Even when fatigue is not directly
caused by the brain injury, it can occur as a result of stress, discomfort, arising from the brain injury.
When appropriate we will retain the services of a neuropsychologist who can identify brain injuries and help victims adapt to the problems
caused by a brain injury.
However there are no accepted testing procedures that prove whether or not fatigue was
caused by brain injury.
While some may think that those emotions are the victim's way of dealing with the accident, many brain injury rehabilitation professionals maintain that unusual emotional behavior is
caused by the brain injury itself.
It's
caused by a brain injury or malformation while a child's brain is still developing, and can impact body movement, posture, balance, motor functioning skills, as well as muscle control, weakness and tone.
Cerebral palsy is most commonly
caused by a brain injury while a baby's brain is developing.
Whether your paralysis is
caused by a brain injury or a spinal cord injury such as paraplegia, quadriplegia, I urge you to contact me now for a free case evaluation.
Epilepsy is the most likely cause of seizure in dogs aged under five years old, unless the epilepsy is
caused by a brain injury, rather than an inherited gene.
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caused by brain injury, cancer, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury and stroke.»
-- Patients may be prescribed a range of medications to help them deal with symptoms
caused by their brain injury.
Medication — Patients may be prescribed a range of medications to help them deal with symptoms
caused by their brain injury.
Not exact matches
You've almost definitely heard, between reports and the Will Smith film, Concussion, buzz about
brain injuries caused by football
injuries.
Dementia Definition: A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes
caused by brain disease or
injury and marked
by memory disorders, personality changes, and «impaired reasoning».
Protecting players from increased risk of traumatic
brain injury by teaching them «heads up» tackling and blocking, equipping them with properly fitted helmets, strengthening their necks to better withstand the forces that
cause concussion, and
by limiting the number of hits they sustain over the course of a season and career;
Landon was diagnosed with hypernatremic dehydration (a high concentration of sodium in the blood), cardiac arrest from hypovolemic shock (a condition where the liquid portion of the blood is dangerously low), and hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy (a
brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation).
* Update: A 2012 study in the journal Neurology
by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic (2) also found no link between intentional heading and acute
brain damage (e.g. concussion), but said that it was at least theoretically possible that it could represent a form of repetitive subthreshold mild
brain injury over time and could be the
cause of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Analysis showed eight years ago, 42 % of all stroller accidents resulted in
brain injuries and 55 % of accidents
caused by the stroller tipping over.
For a time, researchers theorized that attention disorders were
caused by minor head
injuries or damage to the
brain.
Team physicians, athletic trainers, and other personnel responsible for the medical care of athletes face no more challenging problem than the recognition, evaluation and management of concussions (generally defined as
injury to the
brain caused by a sudden acceleration or deceleration of the head that results in any immediate, but temporary, alteration in
brain functions, such as loss of consciousness, blurred vision, dizziness, amnesia or loss of memory).
Cerebral palsy is a neurologic disorder treated at Floating Hospital for Children in Boston that is
caused by an
injury or disruption in the child's developing
brain that can affect their body movement, cognition and posture.
In addition, leading up to the point where there is
brain injury and compromise to the infant's life are days of constant crying and nursing in response to severe hunger and thirst
caused by the fasting conditions imposed
by the WHO BFHI, a phenomenon called
In addition, leading up to the point where there is
brain injury and compromise to the infant's life are days of constant crying and nursing in response to severe hunger and thirst
caused by the fasting conditions imposed
by the WHO BFHI, a phenomenon called «Second Night Syndrome.»
This culture persists despite a growing understanding that all concussions
cause some degree of
brain injury, according to the report released Wednesday
by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).
Some autopsy data shows that infants of smokers have signs of established hypoxic - ischemic cellular
injury in the
brain and the heart which probably occurred in antenatal life, may have been
caused by suboptimal placental function and may have been sub-clinical, but if the baby continues to be in a vulnerable environment exposed to post-natal passive smoking, this could affect autonomic nervous system function and lead to poor temperature control, and poor heart rate and respiration control.
Cerebral palsy is a neurologic disorder that is
caused by an
injury or disruption in the child's developing
brain that can affect their body movement, cognition and posture.
Landon died of hypoxic - ischemic encephalopathy, or
brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation; cardiac arrest; and hypernatremic dehydration, according to records from the Los Angeles County coroner.
A concussion is a
brain injury caused by a blow, bump or jolt to the head.
Will Smith stars in the film «Concussion,» which highlights
brain injuries caused by football.
However, one third of cases are triggered
by damage to the
brain from
causes such as head
injury, stroke, tumours or infection.
The device, developed
by composer and computer - music specialist Eduardo Miranda of the University of Plymouth, UK, working with computer scientists at the University of Essex, should eventually help people with severe physical disabilities,
caused by brain or spinal - cord
injuries, for example, to make music for recreational or therapeutic purposes.
Together, the former soldiers are pursuing studies on traumatic
brain injury (TBI)
caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs).
«New cell type is implicated in epilepsy
caused by traumatic
brain injury.»
The number of veterans at risk is large: traumatic
brain injury caused by explosive blasts is thought to afflict about 20 percent of the 2.3 million servicemen and women deployed in combat since 2001, according to a team of researchers from Boston University, New York Medical College and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System.
Brain injuries, whether
caused by trauma or neurodegeneration, lead to cell death accompanied
by considerable functional impairment.
«Understanding the mechanisms that promote aberrant neurogenesis
caused by traumatic
brain injury and subsequent seizures may open new therapeutic avenues to prevent epilepsy and associated memory problems
caused by impact,» said senior author Dr. Jenny Hsieh, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and a member of the UT Southwestern Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine.
Functional loss of limb control in individuals with spinal cord
injury or stroke can be
caused by interruption of the neural pathways between
brain and spinal cord, although the neural circuits located above and below the lesion remain functional.
Traumatic
brain injuries are frequently
caused by blunt force trauma, but there has been an increase in TBIs
caused by blasts (bTBIs).
The inert gas has been used for the first time to try and reduce the impact of traumatic
brain injuries (TBI)
caused by blasts such as those in conflict zones and terror attacks.
Overall, the research found that the most common type of condition that contributed to
brain injuries was damage
caused by lack of oxygen to the
brain, called hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; this is seen mainly in full term babies.
Researchers report that one tiny variation in the sequence of a gene may
cause some people to be more impaired
by traumatic
brain injury (TBI) than others with comparable wounds.
There are two war veterans, both with penetrating traumatic
brain injury (TBI)
caused by a gunshot.
As defined
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a traumatic
brain injury is
caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head
injury that disrupts the normal function of the
brain.
Wilkinson and a small cadre of scientists are studying whether traumatic
brain injury (TBI)
caused by battlefield explosions can damage soldiers» pituitary glands in ways that
cause lasting health problems.
As an Associate Professor at OSU, my research has been concentrated in the areas of aging, neuroimmunology, and neurotrauma.Overall, my research aim is to determine the degree to which the bi-directional communication between the
brain and the immune system is affected
by age, stress, and traumatic CNS
injury and to delineate the mechanism
by which inflammatory cytokine pathways
cause long - lasting complications (e.g., cognitive decline and depression).
Her work is designed to help people with traumatic
brain injury (TBI), an impairment
caused by damage to critical white matter in the
brain.
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caused by diseases and
injuries of the
brain and spinal cord.