{"title":"Long-term outcome of serious traumatic brain injury.","authors":"R Ll Wood","doi":"10.1017/S0265021507003432","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Follow-up studies on individuals who suffer severe head injury give a picture of poor cognitive and psychosocial outcome. However, recent evidence suggests that with the passage of time, many individuals make adjustments that compensate for early disability, leading to a reduction in social handicap with a corresponding improvement in life quality and personal satisfaction. This article will attempt to briefly review the main sources of evidence contributing to long-term outcome following serious head trauma.</p>","PeriodicalId":11873,"journal":{"name":"European journal of anaesthesiology. Supplement","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1017/S0265021507003432","citationCount":"39","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European journal of anaesthesiology. Supplement","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265021507003432","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Follow-up studies on individuals who suffer severe head injury give a picture of poor cognitive and psychosocial outcome. However, recent evidence suggests that with the passage of time, many individuals make adjustments that compensate for early disability, leading to a reduction in social handicap with a corresponding improvement in life quality and personal satisfaction. This article will attempt to briefly review the main sources of evidence contributing to long-term outcome following serious head trauma.