Functional outcomes following anoxic brain injury: a comparison with traumatic brain injury.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the functional outcomes of patients with anoxic brain injury (ABI) and patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) following inpatient rehabilitation.


METHODS
Retrospective chart review.


METHODS
Data on 68 patients with brain injury (34 with ABI and 34 with TBI) were collected.


RESULTS
The ABI and TBI groups were demographically similar, except that patients with ABI were more likely to be married. Both groups significantly improved their function and were similar upon discharge. For the ABI group, there were trends toward a shorter length of stay, increased total FIM efficiency and decreased cost of stay when compared with the TBI group. The patients with ABI tended to be discharged to a sub-acute rehabilitation facility more than those in the TBI group.


CONCLUSIONS
This study is important because it shows that patients with ABI benefit from inpatient rehabilitation and made significant functional gains comparable to the gains of patients with TBI.
Shah
Mrugeshkumar K
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Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical Schol, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. mrugshah@hotmail.com
Al-Adawi
Samir
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Dorvlo
Atsu S S
AS
Burke
David T
DT
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome