Traumatic brain injury (TBI): complications

Evidence-based neurology checklist on traumatic brain injury (tbi): complications: Post traumatic epilepsy (PTE): risk factors Early occurrence of first seizure Men History of alcohol abuse Posttraumatic amnesia Focal neurologic deficits Loss of consciousness at time of TBI Skull fracture Midline…

Post traumatic epilepsy (PTE): risk factors

  • Early occurrence of first seizure
  • Men
  • History of alcohol abuse
  • Posttraumatic amnesia
  • Focal neurologic deficits
  • Loss of consciousness at time of TBI
  • Skull fracture
  • Midline shift
  • Brain contusion
  • Subdural hemorrhage (SDH)
  • Intracranial hemorrhage (ICH)
  • Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)

Cognitive complications

Infective complications

Vascular complications

Cranial nerve palsies

Impact brain apnoea (IBA)

Sleep disorders

Miscellaneous complications

Synonym

References

  1. Hutchinson PJ, Kirkpatrick PJ. Acute head injury for the neurologist. JNNP 2002; 73(Suppl 1):i3-i7.
  2. Xu T, Yu X, Ou S, et al. Risk factors for posttraumatic epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Epilepsy Behav 2017; 67:1-6. 
  3. Lucke-Wold BP, Nguyen L, Turner RC, et al. Traumatic brain injury and epilepsy: Underlying mechanisms leading to seizure. Seizure 2015; 33:13-23. 
  4. Karlander M, Håkansson S, Ljungqvist J, Sörbo A, Zelano J. Risk of epilepsy following a first posttraumatic seizure: a register-based study. Neurol Clin Pract 2025; 15:e200409.
  5. Ritter AC, Wagner AK, Fabio A, et al. Incidence and risk factors of posttraumatic seizures following traumatic brain injury: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Study. Epilepsia 2016; 57:1968-1977.
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