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Skull Fracture and Ice Reduced Brain Damage

Posted on April 4, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Skull Fracture and Ice Reduced Brain Damage: Quinn Part Eleven In part Eleven Quinn talks about the skull fracture he received in the accident and how the skull fracture relieved pressure on the brain but the skull fracture caused other complications such as damaging his inner ear. Other than the..
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Quantitative CT Sharpens Prediction In Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on April 3, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A recently published study found that quantitative computed tomography (CT) scans improve outcome prediction in acute traumatic brain injury. “We believe that objective computational tools and data-driven analytical methods hold great promise for neurotrauma research, and may ultimately have a role in image analysis for clinical care,” an abstract on..
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Acute Memories After Brain Injury are Emotional Experiences

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Acute Memories After Brain Injury: Quinn Part Ten One of the least connected of the dots in identifying brain damage related amnesia is the role emotions and adrenaline play in the islands of memory in a sea of amnesia. With acute memories after brain injury, the more emotionally charged a memory,..
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Measuring Cerebral Blood Flow Acutely Can Predict Brain Injury Outcome

Posted on April 2, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A recent study has determined that cerebral blood flow measured six to 12 hours after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be used to gauge the 6-month outcome for a patient. The research, “Outcome Prediction within Twelve Hours after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury by Quantitative Cerebral Blood Flow,” was published..
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Before Brain Injury:More On Before His Brain Injury

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Before Brain Injury: Quinn Part Nine Quinn elaborates more on who he was before brain injury and other things that he was able to do before his brain injury. What did you like to do recreationally before brain injury?  I’m guessing hockey. Yeah.  I played hockey for over 30 years.  Skiing,..
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New Kind Of TBI: Man Survives Pool Cue Embedded In His Brain

Posted on April 1, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It never ceases to amaze me how the brain can survive the most exotic, and unwanted, intrusions into its tissue. The latest such incident to make headlines is the story of Andy Parton, a 31-year-old English man. Parton was playing pool when he lost his footing and fell onto a..
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Laser Brain Surgery Good Results in Controlling Epileptic Seizures

Posted on March 31, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Roughly 30 patients with epilepsy in the United States have undergone laser brain surgery to stop their seizures, and doctors claim the results so far have been promising. The most recent epileptic to have the procedure was 27-year-old Noreli Viedma-Jimenez, who had the special surgery in February at Robert Wood..
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After Penning Essay On Wife With Alzheimer’s, He Kills Them Both

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The story of Charles D. Snelling is a sad lesson in how caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease can be overwhelming — even for those with the best of intentions.  And yes, even for those who adored the person who contracts this disease. Back in December, Snelling wrote..
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Before Severe Brain Injury: Who He Was

Posted on March 30, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Before Severe Brain Injury – Quinn Part Eight Quinn talks about who is was before severe brain injury. What he did before he got hurt and what his life was like. The things he did before TBI. Let’s talk about who you were before severe injury.  You were 39 years old?..
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Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone Requires Readmission

Posted on March 29, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone Requires Readmission: Quinn Part Seven Quinn’s wife continues telling the story of what happened when Quinn was prematurely discharged. It turns out that he had syndrome of  inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone Later in the story we will explain what syndrome on inappropriate hormone is: He comes home.  He could..
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