Book Review: Follow-up of 200 Severely Disabled Patients: Easier Access: Richmond-upon-Thames for the Disabled

1971 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 16-16
Keyword(s):  
The Disabled ◽  
Disabled Patients

Clothing for the disabled

1973 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Disabled Patients

The choice of comfortable clothing for disabled patients is seldom considered in medical and nursing education and little is published about it. It is important because a person who cannot be acceptably dressed is virtually barred from education, employment and normal social life.

Long-term neuropsychological outcome of closed head injury

1979 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey S. Levin ◽  
Robert G. Grossman ◽  
James E. Rose ◽  
Graham Teasdale
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Social Adjustment ◽  
Prognostic Significance ◽  
Closed Head Injury ◽  
Memory Storage ◽  
Acute Injury ◽  
Closed Head ◽  
Disabled Patients

✓ Long-term recovery from severe closed head injury was investigated in predominantly young adults whose Glasgow Coma score was 8 or less at the time of admission. Of the 27 patients studied (median follow-up interval of 1 year), 10 attained a good recovery, 12 were moderately disabled, and five were severely disabled. In contrast to previous studies suggesting that intellectual ability after severe closed head injury eventually recovers to a normal level, our findings showed that residual intellectual level, memory storage and retrieval, linguistic deficit, and personal social adjustment corresponded to overall outcome. All severely disabled patients and several moderately disabled patients exhibited unequivocal cognitive and emotional sequelae after long follow-up intervals. Analysis of persistent neuropsychological deficit in relation to neurological indices of acute injury severity demonstrated the prognostic significance of oculovestibular deficit.

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