title: Head-injured subjects aged over 50 years: correlations between variables of trauma and neuropsychological follow-up.
abstract: Neuropsychological follow-up was studied in 70 consecutive head-injured subjects aged over 50 years. Diffuse deterioration (28%), moderate deterioration (25%) and dementia (21%) were the most frequent sequelae. Analysis of correlations between neuropsychological sequelae and trauma variables showed that: (1) mild trauma did not necessarily imply good prognosis and could be followed by very severe consequences; (2) duration of post-traumatic amnesia was correlated with coma duration but not with neuropsychological outcome; (3) on the whole, no prognostic predictor of the outcome was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzucchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cattelani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Missale
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gugliotta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brianti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parma
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003128:Coma / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices