One-year outcome of brain injured patients undergoing early neurological rehabilitation: a prospective observational study

• Published in: BMC neurology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 30 - 9
• Main Authors: Boltzmann, Melanie, Schmidt, Simone B., Gutenbrunner, Christoph, Krauss, Joachim K., Höglinger, Günter U., Rollnik, Jens D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 17.01.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Aged; Brain; Brain damage; Brain injured patients; Brain Injuries; Brain injury; Caregivers; Coma recovery scale-revised; Communication; Consciousness; Etiology; Female; Glasgow Coma Scale; Glasgow outcome scale-extended; Humans; Hypoxia; Injuries; Intensive care; Length of stay; Localization; Long-term prognosis; Male; Medical prognosis; Middle Aged; Neurological Rehabilitation; Neuroplasticity; Observational studies; Patients; Recovery (Medical); Recovery of Function; Rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Treatment Outcome; Germany; Brain injured patients; Long-term prognosis; Coma recovery scale-revised; Glasgow outcome scale-extended; Neurological rehabilitation

The present study intended to analyze the outcome of patients with severe brain injury one-year after discharge from early rehabilitation. Early neurological rehabilitation patients admitted to intensive or intermediate care units and discharged between June 2018 and May 2020 were screened for eligi...