Traumatic brain injury pharmacological treatment: recommendations

ABSTRACT This article presents the recommendations on the pharmacological treatment employed in traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the outpatient clinic of the Cognitive Rehabilitation after TBI Service of the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. A systematic assessment of the consensus reached in other countries, and of articles on TBI available in the PUBMED and LILACS medical databases, was carried out. We offer recommendations of pharmacological treatments in patients after TBI with different symptoms.

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Main Authors: Anghinah,Renato, Amorim,Robson Luís Oliveira de, Paiva,Wellingson Silva, Schmidt,Magali Taino, Ianof,Jéssica Natuline
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2018
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2018000200100
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Summary:ABSTRACT This article presents the recommendations on the pharmacological treatment employed in traumatic brain injury (TBI) at the outpatient clinic of the Cognitive Rehabilitation after TBI Service of the Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. A systematic assessment of the consensus reached in other countries, and of articles on TBI available in the PUBMED and LILACS medical databases, was carried out. We offer recommendations of pharmacological treatments in patients after TBI with different symptoms.