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Executive function and metacognitive self-awareness after severe traumatic brain injury.

2008

The objective of this study is to identify the clinical, neuropsychological, neuropsychiatric, and functional variables that correlate with metacognitive self-awareness (SA) in severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) outpatients and to assess the influence of the same variables on the sensory-motor, cognitive, and behavioral-affective indicators of SA. This cross-sectional observational study evaluated 37 outpatients from May 2006 to June 2007 in a neurorehabilitation hospital on the basis of the following inclusion criteria: (1) age ≥ 15 years; (2) diagnosis of severe TBI (Glasgow Coma Scale, GCS ≤ 8); (3) posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) resolution; (4) capacity to undergo formal psychometric eval…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentTraumatic brain injurymedicine.medical_treatmentStatistics as TopicExecutive functions Metacognitive self-awareness Set shifting ability Perseverative responses TBI rehabilitationMetacognitionNeuropsychological TestsDisability EvaluationYoung AdultCognitionTBI rehabilitationExecutive functionAphasiaSurveys and QuestionnairesmedicineHumansPsychiatryNeurorehabilitationProblem SolvingRetrospective StudiesMetacognitive self-awareneRehabilitationSettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaGeneral NeuroscienceSet shifting abilityNeuropsychologyPerseverative responseCognitionAwarenessExecutive functionsmedicine.diseaseSelf ConceptPsychiatry and Mental healthClinical PsychologyBrain InjuriesFemaleNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptomPsychology
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ALANINE/ESR DOSIMETRY FOR TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION USING AN ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOM

2016

Introduction: Total Body Irradiation (TBI) is a technique widely used in the radiation blood-oncology in the treatment of patients that need bone marrow transplantation or peripheral stem cell transplantation. This technique has some limitations such as the lack of homogeneity of the dose distribution (which may show variations of 20% in the different areas), irradiation of critical organs such as the lungs, the liver, the intestine and the eye-lens which can receive a dose comparable to that nominal and require appropriate shielding and a proper evaluation of the dose absorbed by them. The positive outcome of this type of radiation therapy is strictly related to a precise and accurate meas…

AlanineMaterials sciencebusiness.industrySettore FIS/01 - Fisica SperimentaleBiophysicsGeneral Physics and AstronomyGeneral MedicineTotal body irradiationSettore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali Ambientali Biol.e Medicin)Esr dosimetryNuclear magnetic resonanceRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingAnthropomorphic phantomESR EPR Dosimetry TBINuclear medicinebusinessSettore MED/36 - Diagnostica Per Immagini E Radioterapia
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Does an early onset and continuous chain of rehabilitation improve the long-term functional outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury?

2012

Published version of an article published in the journal: Journal of Neurotrauma. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2011.1811 There are currently no international guidelines regarding treatment in the early rehabilitation phase for persons with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), and only a few studies have investigated the effect of integrating rehabilitation into acute TBI care. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether a continuous chain of rehabilitation that begins with the acute phase could improve the functional outcome of severe TBI patients, compared to a broken chain of rehabilitation that starts in the sub-acute phase of TBI. A total of 61 su…

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