FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC AMNESIA IN PATIENTS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

Mỹ Tiên Lê1, Dương Hanh Nguyễn1, Văn Nhiều Trầm1, Diệu Thúy Nguyễn2, Thị Kim Liên Nguyễn3,
1 Can Tho University of Medicine - Pharmacy
2 Viet Nam University Of Traditional Medicine & Pharmacy
3 Hanoi medical university

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Background: Post traumatic brain injury symptoms are diverse and complex, at least 70% experience post-traumatic amnesia through to the rehabilitation referral stages. Objective: Characteristics of post-traumatic amnesia after traumatic brain injury. Subjects and method: 38 traumatic brain injury patients were examined at Rehabilitation Center, Bach Mai Hospital from September 2019 to June 2020 by the cross-sectional method. Results: 78,2% of patients in the study group had GOS above 3; there is an association between GOS discharge and after 12 weeks, loss of conscious and behavior change, quality of life and PTA. Conclusion: The clinical feature of post-traumatic amnesia in patients after TBI is related to the location of brain injury on computed tomography, GOS hospital discharge and after 12 weeks.

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