Whom is writing the complementary article for stroke? A great stroke association?
ASA, NSA, WSO? Don't make me laugh.
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1724285
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a
multifaceted condition, not an event. Traumatic brain injury is broadly
defined as an alteration in brain function or other evidence of brain
pathology caused by an external force that can occur in traffic, at
home, at work, during sports activities, and on the battlefield.
Traumatic brain injury is an important cause of death and disability for
children and an exponentially increasing source of morbidity and
mortality in older adults.1
Each year in the United States, at least 1.7 million people seek
medical attention for TBI; it is a contributing factor in a third of all
injury-related deaths.2
Many more persons, particularly those with mild TBI, are never seen by a
clinician. These injuries (at times considered to be “concussions”) are
often dismissed by the medical community as mild with few or no
consequences. Although no single definition of concussion is widely
accepted, it typically affects orientation, memory, and may involve loss
of consciousness.3
Often, patients are not carefully followed up over time, despite the
increasing appreciation that TBI can affect long-term physical,
cognitive, emotional, and social domains of function. The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 2% of the US population
lives with disabilities directly attributable to TBI,2 with annual direct and indirect costs estimated at more than $76.5 billion.1
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