title: Early metabolic and neurologic predictors of long-term quality of life after closed head injury.
abstract: Research has begun to identify early markers that predict survival after traumatic brain injury. In this study, trauma and biochemical indicators of severity were used to predict quality of life in 61 adults with traumatic brain injury and no damage to other organ systems. Severity markers available within 24 hours of injury were predictive of later psychosocial, behavioural and social role functioning. Multiple regression analyses demonstrated that the Glasgow Coma Scale, plasma glucose levels, leukocyte cell count and serum potassium concentration accounted for 12% to 66% of variance in certain measures of later quality of life. The importance of health-care resource allocation and psychosocial and behavioural intervention to the outcome after moderate traumatic brain injury is discussed.
authors: Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Stambrook
authors: A D
authors: AD
authors: Moore
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kowalchuk
authors: D A
authors: DA
authors: Kassum
authors: L C
authors: LC
authors: Peters
authors: B M
authors: BM
authors: McClarty
authors: G A
authors: GA
authors: Hawryluk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D011188:Potassium