Review article

Patients with brain trauma and brain diseases – the meaning of early rehabilitation

Nataša KOS ; Inštitut za medicinsko rehabilitacijo, Univerzitetni Klinični center Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenija

Abstract

The number of patients with brain diseases, especially with brain tumours, is
on the rise. Common cause of acquired brain injury is still trauma of the head.
The survival rates even in the case of severe brain damage have increased due
to early diagnostics and up to date multidisciplinary treatment. Timely and
appropriate rehabilitation is an important aspect of treatment. Early rehabilitation
aims at improving motor, cognitive and functional recovery while preventing or
treating complications as soon as possible. In the article procedures of early
neurorehabilitation, the importance of evaluation and goal setting as well as
the involvement of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team during treatment
in Intensive Care Unit and later in wards are described. We put to light the
difficulties of rehabilitation in different wards (neurological, neurosurgical,
general) and we emphasise the importance of acute neurorehabilitation to
perfect the functional outcome.

Keywords

acute rehabilitation; neurorehabilitation; acquired brain injury

Hrčak ID:

163441

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/163441

Publication date:

3.4.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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