Cognitive impairments in patients with brain injury

Abstract

The paper gives the data of Russian and foreign authors and the results of this paper authors’ investigation of higher cerebral functions in patients who have sustained brain injury (BI). It shows their high prevalence, the predominance of cognitive impairments (CI) over neurological disorders in patients with mild and moderate injury, presents their quantitative and qualitative features (a preponderance of focal symptoms in severe injury and neurodynamic disorders in mild injury), describes the predictors of their course and prognosis (the degree of injury is one of the most important predictors), and discusses current trends in the medical correction of detected abnormalities.

Keywords

• brain injury
• cognitive impairments