Publications by authors named "Javier Garcia-Panach"
Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics and short-term pattern of evolution of a sample of patients within 1 year after acquiring a brain injury that led to a vegetative state (VS) or a minimally conscious state (MCS).
Design: Cohort study.
Setting: Inpatient brain injury rehabilitation program.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to investigate glucose metabolism differences between thalamic and cortical structures in 49 severe TBI patients and 10 healthy controls, using advanced imaging techniques.
- Patients were categorized into three groups based on neurological outcomes: vegetative/minimally-conscious (MCS&VS), in post-traumatic amnesia (In-PTA), and out of post-traumatic amnesia (Out-PTA).
- Findings revealed that lower glucose metabolism in brain areas was linked to poorer outcomes, with healthy controls showing distinct metabolic patterns compared to TBI patients, highlighting the impact of brain injury on thalamo-cortical interactions.
Objective: To study the relationship between thalamic glucose metabolism and neurological outcome after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods: Forty-nine patients with severe and closed TBI and 10 healthy control subjects with (18)F-FDG PET were studied. Patients were divided into three groups: MCS&VS group (n = 17), patients in a vegetative or a minimally conscious state; In-PTA group (n = 12), patients in a state of post-traumatic amnesia (PTA); and Out-PTA group (n = 20), patients who had emerged from PTA.