Medical aspects of pediatric rehabilitation after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.
Recovery from severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is prolonged, complicated and challenging. Medical rehabilitation is the bridge from acute medical care and stabilization to community reintegration. The process of caring for the recovering brain introduces unknown challenges of neural plasticity with demands to restore and to also move the child and family back to the developmental trajectory they once knew. While the ongoing focus is to maintain and advance medical stability, co- morbid conditions are addressed, and a plan for ongoing health is established. While no one manuscript can cover all of the medical aspects, this article will present in a "systems review" manner the most challenging and demanding medical conditions that children may confront following severe brain injury.
University of Virginia Children's Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, USA. lmc8c@virginia.edu
Lisa
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Cantore
Kenneth
K
Norwood
Peter
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Patrick
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D010372:Pediatrics