Neuropsychologic outcome at one-month postinjury.
Neuropsychologic outcome at one-month postinjury was investigated in a group of 102 adult patients with head injury representing a broad spectrum of severity. A group of friends of the patients with head injury was selected for comparison purposes. A comprehensive battery of measures assessing various abilities determined the adequacy of neuropsychological functions. Results support the following conclusions: head injury is associated with early deficits observable on measures assessing a broad spectrum of functions, ranging from simple to complex and motoric to abstraction skills; use of appropriate control groups is essential for determining head injury related deficits; the degree of neuropsychologic deficits depends on the severity of head injury; and the severity indices of time to following commands and depth of coma relate more closely and systematically to adequacy of one-month neuropsychologic outcome than does retrospectively assessed posttraumatic amnesia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003128:Coma / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013997:Time Factors