Traumatic brain injury pharmacological treatment: recommendations

Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2018 Feb;76(2):100-103. doi: 10.1590/0004-282X20170196.

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.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / drug therapy*
  • Brain Injuries, Traumatic / rehabilitation
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / drug therapy*
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / rehabilitation
  • Humans
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Neurotransmitter Agents / therapeutic use
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Trauma Severity Indices

Substances

  • Antidepressive Agents
  • Neurotransmitter Agents