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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Acute brain injury"”.
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Clinical Applications of Neuromonitoring Following Acute Brain Injury
… patient outcome, have been impacted following acute brain injury (ABI). This Ph.D. thesis examines both prospective and retrospective patient data in both neurocritical and general intensive care patients. Thirty neurotrauma patients and forty general intensive care patients with neurological …
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Factors influencing post-acute brain injury rehabilitation treatment outcome
<p>Brain injury has a tremendous effect on the United States. The medical system has a continuum of care available but many of these services are extremely expensive. Despite the effectiveness of residential post-acute brain injury rehabilitation (PABIR) resistance to provide adequate funding …
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Psychosocial Support Needs and Preferences Among Family Caregivers of ICU Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis
Family caregivers of patients with severe acute brain injury (SABI) are at risk for clinically significant chronic emotional distress, including depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress. Existing psychosocial interventions for caregivers of intensive care unit (ICU) patients are not tailored …
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Quantifying Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Critically Brain-Injured Patients: A Graph-Theoretical Approach with fNIRS
… unresponsive patients with critical brain injuries continues to be a challenge. There remains a need for robust tools that can accurately characterize preserved cortical function and predict patient outcomes. In the present study, functional near-infrared spectroscopy is employed in …
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Mechanisms Involved in Human Thermogenesis
… a G protein coupled receptor expressed in key brain areas associated with energy homeostasis. GPR10-mediated signalling in the dorsomedial hypothalamus is necessary for the thermogenic effects of leptin. We have undertaken a detailed functional study of the mutations found from the whole exome …
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Investigating the cerebral/pulmonary axis following traumatic brain injury in a preclinical model
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) accounts for 1,000,000 hospital admissions in the European Union every year and is the leading cause of death in individuals under 45 years of age in both Europe and the United States. This thesis examines the consequences to both the brain and lung following TBI using …