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In the first of a five-part series, a visit to one of Canada's largest rehabilitation hospitals for children to document the progress of patients with traumatic brain injuries ...Read the full article
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Sabine Doebel from Canada writes: There seems to be some confusion in this article about what constitutes a traumatic brain injury. The author uses the terms 'traumatic brain injury' and 'acquired brain injury' interchangeably, which is not accurate.
She erroneously distinguishes between two types of traumatic brain injury (TBI): traumatic and non-traumatic . In fact, traumatic brain injury is a subset of acquired brain injury (ABI), defined as an injury to the brain resulting from a blow to the head or a penetrating wound. The other subset of acquired brain injury is non-traumatic brain injuries, including infection, anoxia and stroke.
This error makes some parts of the article difficult to understand. Are the statistics reported related to ABI or TBI only? Is the dire picture that is painted regarding recovery relevant more to non-traumatic ABI or both non-traumatic and traumatic the same?- Posted 12/07/07 at 7:22 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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