Publications by authors named "M E Thais"
Epilepsy is characterized by recurrent, chronic, and unprovoked seizures. Epilepsy has a significant negative impact on a patient's quality of life even if seizures are well controlled. In addition to the distress caused by seizures, patients with epilepsy (PwE) may suffer from cognitive impairment with serious social consequences such as poor interpersonal relationships, loss of employment, and reduced social networks.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Sleepiness and cognitive impairment are common symptoms observed in patients with epilepsy. We investigate whether self-reported sleepiness is associated with cognitive performance in patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS). Seventy-one consecutive patients with MTLE-HS were evaluated with the Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS) before neuropsychological evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pupils' abnormalities are associated to bad prognosis in traumatic brain injury. We investigated the association between the side of pupil mydriasis and the long-term cognitive performance of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Methods: We analyzed the cognitive performance of patients admitted at the intensive care unit with isochoric pupils (IP, n = 28), left mydriasis (LM, n = 10), right mydriasis (RM, n = 9) evaluated in mean 2.
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore the relationship between hormone levels and hospital mortality in male patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).
- A variety of hormone levels, including LH and cortisol, were measured in patients shortly after their injury, revealing that hormonal abnormalities were present in a significant number of cases.
- The findings indicated that while certain hormone levels like LH had a potential association with mortality, other hormones showed less consistency in their relation to patient outcomes, alongside indicators like pupil reactivity and Glasgow Coma Score.
Objective: To evaluate predictors of non-return to work (nRTW) among social, demographic, clinical, and psychiatric variables after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a cohort of Brazilian patients.
Methods: Prospective study. Forty-three community-dwelling individuals treated at a Level I trauma center at the time of TBI were evaluated 18 months after trauma.