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Chapter 3
Author(s) -
Anil Kumar Sharma,
Shekhar Shah,
Shri Vinod Zutshi
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb01705.x
Subject(s) - medicine
For the purpose of the present study, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as a lesion of brain tissue due to a blunt or penetrating trauma towards the head. It may occur with or without simultaneous fracture of cranial bones. Furthermore, a severe TBI is defined as a brain injury followed by a post traumatic amnesia period between 24 hours and 7 days. A very severe TBI is defined as being characterized by a PTA of 7 days or more.