
Very good neuromotor and psycho-cognitive rehabilitation outcomes in a post-TBI patient with initially severe fidget and breath insufficency with secondary eso-tracheal fistula, after necessity tracheostoma in subsequent important pulmonary complications - case report
Author(s) -
Elena Constantin,
Luiza Popescu,
Luminița Nirlu,
Ana Carmen Rebedea,
Ali Osman Saglam,
Gelu Onose
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
balneo research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-7619
pISSN - 2069-7597
DOI - 10.12680/balneo.2020.400
Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , traumatic brain injury , surgery , anesthesia , physical therapy , psychiatry
The subject matter of the present scientific paper is the report of a sustained and persistent therapeutic rehabilitation team-run program in the case of a polytraumatized patient with severe TBI (severe psychomotor agitation and dislogia, bifrontal syndrome, post-traumatic encephalopathy) associated with locomotor and self-care dysfunction, neurogenic bladder and complicated with eso-tracheal fistula after necessity tracheostoma due to subsequent important pulmonary complications that led to a favorable progression despite the limitations imposed by the mental state of the patient during hospitalization and the presence of multiple severe pulmonary complications.Keywords: neuromuscular rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury, bifrontal syndrome, polytraumatism, eso-tracheal fistula,