Head injured patients: what they recall about their hospitalization time?

Authors

  • Denise Alves Hospital Sírio Libanês
  • Fernanda Carneiro Mussi EE Albert Einstein
  • Maria Martha Ferreira Jeukens EE Albert Einstein
  • Silvia Cristina Furbringer e Silva Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz
  • Eliane Bezerra da Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Maria Sumie Koizumi Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000200014

Keywords:

brain injuries, trauma severity indices, amnesia

Abstract

Traumatic brain injured (TBI) patients with different trauma severity were analyzed about their recollection concerning the period of hospitalization. The study was carried out in the Head Injury Outpatient Clinic at the Central Institute of the FMUSP Hospital including 45 conscious patients able to sustain an interview. Most patients were male, young adults with the major cause of trauma such as traffic accidents and falls. Most patients (86%) reported uncosciouness state of different time duration in their hospitalization period and were unable to remember anything related to that period. The predominant recollection reported by the patients who never had consciousness decreased after the trauma and that ones who had it but awoke during the hospitalization were: seeing, feeling, hearing, and reacting either to sounds and procedures.

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Published

2000-04-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2000)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Alves, D., Mussi, F. C., Jeukens, M. M. F., Silva, S. C. F. e, Silva, E. B. da, & Koizumi, M. S. (2000). Head injured patients: what they recall about their hospitalization time?. Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 8(2), 91-98. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692000000200014