The brain concussion: clinic, diagnostic, treatment

Abstract

The lecture considers clinical characteristics and pathogenic aspects of brain concussion as a most prevalent form of craniocerebral injury. The neuropsychologic examination of this category of patients established decreasing of velocity of psychomotor processes and derangement of attention and minor defect of regulative functions (abstraction, development of judgments, etc.). It is emphasized that in significant percentage of patients the post-traumatic disorders have psychogenic character. At that, the role of psychogenic factor in genesis of post-traumatic psychoneurological disorders is quite often underrated, especially in practical activities. The tactics of monitoring of this category of patients is considered.

Keywords

brain concussion / minor cranial-cerebral injury / pathogenesis / diagnostic / treatment

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