The concept of reserve has been proposed to account for the disjunction between the
degree of brain damage and its clinical outcome. This paper attempts to produce a coherent�…

We searched the literature on the epidemiology, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and costs
of mild traumatic brain injury. Of 428 studies related to prognosis after mild traumatic brain�…

This review of the literature on traumatic brain injury (TBI) in older adults focuses on incident
TBI sustained in older adulthood (“geriatric TBI”) rather than on the separate, but related�…

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is seen by the insurance industry and many health care
providers as an “event.” Once treated and provided with a brief period of rehabilitation, the�…

Objective: Patient outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) is highly variable. The
underlying pathophysiology of this is poorly understood, but inflammation is potentially an�…

Purpose: To consider the definition of acute symptomatic seizures for epidemiological
studies, and to refine the criteria used to distinguish these seizures from unprovoked�…

The WHO Collaborating Centre for Neurotrauma Task Force on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
performed a comprehensive search and critical review of the literature published between�…

Importance Epileptic activity associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) deserves increased
attention because it has a harmful impact on these patients, can easily go unrecognized and�…

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of long-term disability in
children and young adults worldwide. However, accurate information about its incidence�…

Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is currently managed in the intensive care unit with a
combined medical–surgical approach. Treatment aims to prevent additional brain damage�…