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Congenital and acquired brain injury. 2. Brain injury rehabilitation: medical management.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil

March 2003

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Virginia Campus, Richmond, VA, USA.

Unlabelled: This self-directed learning module focuses on the importance of developing comprehensive problem lists and treatment plans for the patient with acute brain injury. It is part of the chapter on Congenital and Acquired Brain Injury in the Self-Directed Physiatric Education Program for practitioners and trainees in physical medicine and rehabilitation. This article focuses on general medical management, interpretation of brain injury severity, cranial nerve dysfunction, acute changes in neurologic function, and treatment of spasticity.

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Ethnographic analysis of traumatic brain injury patients in the national Model Systems database.

Arch Phys Med Rehabil

February 2003

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA, USA.

Objective: To compare demographics, injury characteristics, therapy service and intensity, and outcome in minority versus nonminority patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Design: Retrospective analysis.

Setting: Twenty medical centers.

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