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| | eMedicine - Traumatic Brain Injury: Definition, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology : Article by Segun T Dawodu, MD, FAAPMR, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a nondegenerative, noncongenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical force, possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairments of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. |
 | | Inconsistency in definition and classification of TBI, along with discrepancies in data collection, has made the epidemiology of TBI difficult to describe accurately. |
 | | In particular, all drug doses, indications, and contraindications should be confirmed in the package insert. |
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