Brain biomarkers and pre-injury cognition are associated with long-term cognitive outcome in children with traumatic brain injury

Brain biomarkers and pre-injury cognition are associated with long-term cognitive outcome in children with traumatic brain injury

Abstract Background Children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are frequently at risk of long-term impairments of attention and executive functioning but these problems are difficult to predict. Although deficits have been reported to vary with injury severity, age at injury and sex, prognostication...

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Main Authors: Amy A. Wilkinson, Maureen Dennis, Nevena Simic, Margot J. Taylor, Benjamin R. Morgan, Helena Frndova, Karen Choong, Craig Campbell, Douglas Fraser, Vicki Anderson, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Russell Schachar, Jamie Hutchison, For the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group (CCCTG), The Canadian Critical Care Translational Biology Group (CCCTBG)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
Subjects:
Attention
Executive functions
Traumatic brain injury
Serum biomarkers
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-017-0925-6

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