Severe Accidental Head Injury [electronic resource] : An Assessment of Long-term Prognosis

Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction....Pages 1-3 Previous Reports of Long-term Outcome....Pages 4-21 Method of Patient Selection and Design of the Investigation....Pages 22-28 The Patients and their Injuries....Pages 29-38 Patterns of Residual Central Neural Lesions and Associated Disabilities....Pages 39-54 Patterns of Personality Disorder and Intellectual and Memory Deficits....Pages 55-88 Cranial Nerve Injuries, Vertigo and Headache....Pages 89-101 Pituitary and Hypothalamic Disorders....Pages 102-110 Systemic Complications and Peripheral Nerve, Bone and Joint Injury....Pages 111-117 Prevalence and Natural History of Post-traumatic Epilepsy....Pages 118-128 Progressive Post-traumatic Encephalopathy and Premature Ageing....Pages 129-139 Life Expectancy and Causes of Death....Pages 140-151 Predicting the Long-term Outcome....Pages 152-179 Summary, Conclusions and Implications....Pages 180-190 Back Matter....Pages 191-226