Interactive eBooks in Educating Patients and their Families About Head Injury Regardless of Age

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and the leading cause of disability in the United States, costing $9.2 billion in lifetime medical bills and $51.2 billion in annual productivity loss [1]. Multiple head injuries, such as concussions, may result in cumulative neuropsychological deficits. Specifically, military veterans, football players, boxers, and other athletes who have suffered repeated head trauma, even asymptomatic subconcussive hits, have been found to develop a form of progressive tauopathy called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) [2].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - March 7, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Ronald Sahyouni, Amin Mahmoodi, Amir Mahmoodi, Melissa Huang, Diem Kieu Tran, Jefferson W. Chen Source Type: research