Sentences with phrase «for head injury patients»

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For example, a junior nurse heading into a team meeting with a patient with a sports injury might volunteer to the doctor that he underwent a similar surgery in college.

This new study of non-military, civilian trauma patients visiting the emergency department builds on recent research conducted by Dr. Samadani, supported through the Cohen Veterans Center, which found that the use of this novel eye - tracking technology could reveal edema, or swelling, in the brain as a potential biomarker for assessing brain function and monitoring recovery in people with head injuries.

«The consequences of a head injury have been called a hidden disability — although patients may seem to have outwardly made a good recovery, when we see them in clinic years later they can have persistent problems which affect their daily life, for example impairments in concentration and memory,» said Dr Gregory Scott, the lead author of the paper, from the Department of Medicine at Imperial.

«Patients with head injuries do better when treated by trauma centers, even if it means bypassing other hospitals: Study shows a major opportunity to improve outcomes for the half of severe head injury patients who are brought to hospitals without trauma centersPatients with head injuries do better when treated by trauma centers, even if it means bypassing other hospitals: Study shows a major opportunity to improve outcomes for the half of severe head injury patients who are brought to hospitals without trauma centerspatients who are brought to hospitals without trauma centers.»

Brain scans of a 23 - year - old woman who, in a traffic accident, sustained head injuries so severe she met the clinical criteria for a vegetative state are forcing many doctors to reconsider what they know about such patients» awareness.

Both are released at elevated levels following a concussion or other injury that damages nerve fibers, and both can be detected within 20 minutes of a head injury (although it may take longer for doctors and patients to get the results from a lab).

«If our findings can be translated into humans this could be life - changing for patients with head injuries.»

«Proper identification of the thyroid and parathyroid glands during head and neck surgery is critical for avoiding accidental injury, but presents a significant challenge due to their small size and variations in location from patient to patient,» says Richard Conroy, Ph.D., Director of the Division of Applied Science & Technology at NIBIB.

A patient recovering from a head injury in a neurological intensive care unit (ICU) might be surprised to learn that the nurses caring for him had little training in neuroscience beyond the typical four hours of lecture in nursing school.

Three months after the injury, 21.2 percent of head - injured and 16.3 percent of nonhead - injured patients met the diagnosis of PCS; 8.8 percent of head - injured patients met the criteria for PTSD compared with 2.2 percent of control patients.

Patients with closed head injuries and in intensive care units, for example, are particularly at risk of so - called «stress ulcers.»

You must give your loved one the time he needs to recover, be patient during the healing process, and seek the advice of a trusted Louisville head injury attorney to discover if he could be eligible for compensation for his injury.

Dr. Jennett and Dr. Teasdale, do not anywhere in The Management of Head Injuries, refer to [defence witness»] preferred method of recording the GCS score for intubated patients.

Pet Partners Program - Trained Great Dane (See Humphrey on this Web Site) dogs for hospital visits for head injury and elderly patients at St. John's hospital, St. Louis, Mo..

Terry Regan (who attracts praise for his «sympathetic and patient handling of cases») heads the practice, which includes John Vallance; collectively they bring more than 50 years of experience handling clinical negligence claims involving brain injury, cancer, product liability, cosmetic surgery and the Human Rights Act.