Long-Term Follow-Up




Tenovuo Olli, Andelic Nada, Sigurdardottir Solrun

Sundstrøm T., Grände PO., Luoto T., Rosenlund C., Undén J., Wester K.

2nd edition

2020

Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

557

561

978-3-030-39382-3

978-3-030-39383-0

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39383-0_76



There is a growing awareness that severe TBI is a chronic health condition, affecting the post-injury life of the patients in many ways. Because there is little scientific evidence showing how the long-term post-injury care should be organized, the recommendations given in this chapter are based on extensive clinical experience on this patient group. The various aspects of long-term follow-up can be divided into supportive rehabilitation, medical professional follow-up (including medications), and social/psychosocial support. The support from patient organizations and fellow sufferers is often also very important, but is not discussed in this chapter.



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