DTIC ADP010465: Usefulness of Sleep Records After Mild Head Trauma to Predict Shift Work Effectiveness

by: Defense Technical Information Center

Publication date: 2000-03-01

Topics: DTIC Archive, Maksymiuk, Grzegorz, Jernajczyj, Wojciech, POLISH AIR FORCE INST OF MEDICINE WARSAW INST OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY, *TRAUMA, *SLEEP, SYMPOSIA, BRAIN, SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, HEAD(ANATOMY), POLAND, CONCUSSION.,

Collection: dticarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

Validity of polysomnography for determining the post-traumatic sequelae was evaluated in 33 male patients after a mild head trauma. The results indicate that shortly after the trauma accompanied by the brain commotion disturbances in sleep architecture can be detected by means of polysomnography. We also demonstrate that polysomnography is a sensitive method of evaluation of early post-traumatic alterations within the CNS. Based on the results of the present study we conclude that the described diagnostic procedure should become a steady element of the clinical evaluation and qualification of patients presenting with subjective symptoms as the sequalae of a mild head trauma.