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posttraumatic amnesia

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posttraumatic amnesia
Etymology: L, post + Gk, trauma, wound
a period of amnesia between a brain injury resulting in memory loss and the point at which the functions concerned with memory are restored.


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The Children's Orientation and Amnesia Test (Ewing-Cobbs, Levin, Fletcher, Miner, & Eisenberg, 1990) was designed to identify disorientation and amnesiac states, and we used it in this study to evaluate cognitive level and duration of posttraumatic amnesia after TBI.
confusion, disorientation, slowed thinking) following the TBI was less than 24 hours, and the period of any posttraumatic amnesia was less than 24 hours.
Richard suffered weeks of posttraumatic amnesia, which saw him order cottage pie each day in hospital then greet it with surprise.
 
 
 
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