Carrillo-Mora P

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 190-193
PDF size: 121.81 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Stroke and traumatic brain injury are considered as the two leading causes of disability worldwide. A high rate of patients who have brain damage will develop severe chronic sequelae in spite of receiving an appropriate rehabilitation program. As acute brain injury mortality has declined in recent years, the number of surviving patients who require chronic rehabilitation has increased as well as the up-rising in cost of prolonged treatment. Available studies suggest rather a tendency of changing in age onset of damage, instead of a true reduction in its frequency. On the other hand, treatment for acute brain damage has not demonstrated better results in decreasing disability either in rate or in severity. Strategies for neuro-rehabilitation must be a priority for health systems worldwide. Author’s focusing on the current status of management and rehabilitation for acute brain damage in adult are discussed.

REFERENCES

1. Coronado VG, Xu L, Basavaraju SV, McGuire LC, Wald MM, Faul MD et al. Surveillance for traumatic brain injury-related deaths-United States, 1997-2007. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2011; 60 (5): 1-32.

2. Zhang Y, Chapman AM, Plested M, Jackson D, Purroy F. The incidence, prevalence, and mortality of stroke in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US: a literature review. Stroke Res Treat. 2012; 2012: 436125.

3. Feigin VL, Forouzanfar MH, Krishnamurthi R, Mensah GA, Connor M, Bennett DA et al. Global and regional burden of stroke during 1990-2010: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet. 2014; 383: 245-254.

4. George MG, Tong X, Kuklina EV, Labarthe DR. Trends in stroke hospitalizations and associated risk factors among children and young adults, 1995-2008. Ann Neurol. 2011; 70: 713-721.

5. Kissela BM, Khoury JC, Alwell K, Moomaw CJ, Woo D, Adeoye O et al. Age at stroke: temporal trends in stroke incidence in a large, biracial population. Neurology. 2012; 79: 1781-1787.

6. Roozenbeek B, Maas AI, Menon DK. Changing patterns in the epidemiology of traumatic brain injury. Nat Rev Neurol. 2013; 9: 231-236.

7. Susman M, DiRusso SM, Sullivan T, Risucci D, Nealon P, Cuff S et al. Traumatic brain injury in the elderly: increased mortality and worse functional outcome at discharge despite lower injury severity. J Trauma. 2002; 53: 219-223.

8. Hyder AA, Wunderlich CA, Puvanachandra P, Gururaj G, Kobusingye OC. The impact of traumatic brain injuries: a global perspective. Neurorehabilitation. 2007; 22: 341-353.

9. Emberson J, Lees KR, Lyden P, Blackwell L, Albers G, Bluhmki E et al. Effect of treatment delay, age, and stroke severity on the effects of intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from randomised trials. Lancet. 2014. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60662-0

10. Kabadi SV, Faden AI. Neuroprotective strategies for traumatic brain injury: improving clinical translation. Int J Mol Sci. 2014; 15: 1216-1236.

11. McMillan TM, Teasdale GM, Stewart E. Disability in young people and adults after head injury: 12-14 year follow-up of a prospective cohort. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2012; 83: 1086-1091.

12. Teasell R, Mehta S, Pereira S, McIntyre A, Janzen S, Allen L et al. Time to rethink long-term rehabilitation management of stroke patients. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2012; 19: 457-462.

13. Kolb B, Muhammad A. Harnessing the power of neuroplasticity for intervention. Front Hum Neurosci. 2014; 8: 377.

14. Feeney DM, González A, Law WA. Amphetamine, haloperidol, and experience interact to affect rate of recovery after motor cortex injury. Science. 1982; 217: 855-857.

15. Engelter ST, Frank M, Lyrer PA, Conzelmann M. Safety of pharmacological augmentation of stroke rehabilitation. Eur Neurol. 2010; 64: 325-330.