Traumatic brain injury (TBI): complications
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Traumatic brain injury (TBI): complications. Early occurrence of first seizure, Men, History of alcohol abuse. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
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
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Infective complications
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Vascular complications
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Cranial nerve palsies
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Impact brain apnoea (IBA)
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Sleep disorders
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Miscellaneous complications
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Synonym
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References
- Hutchinson PJ, Kirkpatrick PJ. Acute head injury for the neurologist. JNNP 2002; 73(Suppl 1):i3-i7.
- 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.
- Lucke-Wold BP, Nguyen L, Turner RC, et al. Traumatic brain injury and epilepsy: Underlying mechanisms leading to seizure. Seizure 2015; 33:13-23.
- 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.
- 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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