Episodic symptoms in dysfunctioning children and adolescents following mild and severe traumatic brain injury
作者:
ROBERTSM. A.,
VERDUYNW. H.,
MANSHADIF. F.,
HINESM. E.,
期刊:
Brain Injury
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 10
页码: 739-748
ISSN:0269-9052
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1080/026990596124007
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The present investigation examines the phenomenology of episodic symptoms in dysfunctioning children and adolescents following mild (n = 25) or severe (n = 25) traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI patients in both groups commonly endorsed symptoms such as staring spells, memory gaps, and temper outbursts. Anticonvulsant response in the 27 patients treated, reflected moderate to substantial improvement in 92%. A dose-response relationship between injury severity and number of episodic symptoms was not observed; however, patients in the severe TBI sample did produce significantly more defective performances on a dichotic word-listening task (DWLT) and lower IQ values. Defective DWLT performance was also significantly associated with greater number of episodic symptoms endorsed, but only in the mild TBI sample. Parallels with epilepsy spectrum disorder and clinical implications for paediatric TBI are discussed.
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