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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AS A RISK FACTOR FOR DEMENTIA: LITERATURE REVIEW
2nd Global Summit on IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER THERAPY
May 22-23, 2019 | Rome, Italy
Sela Ervina-Anastasia
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : Immunol Case Rep
Abstract:
Dementia is one of the most serious complications of Traumatic Brain Injury. This disease can be mainly caused by road accidents and falls, clearly because the effect of the force on the brain is stronger and the changes in brain function are more radical. A retrospective cohort study which was approved by the University of California, San Francisco and Human Research Committee and was performed from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2011 (follow-up, 5-7 years), found that among 51799 patients with trauma, 4361 developed dementia compared with 6610 patients with non-TBI trauma. The correlation of traumatic brain injury and dementia is evident especially in the larger age groups of the population. In addition, several epidemiological studies suggest that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a risk factor for dementia, particularly for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), although a significant association has not always been detected. There is evidence that in mild and severe traumatic brain injuries most patients have emerged after year’s dementia in contrast to those patients who just had a minor injury. In conclusion, traumatic brain injury can be associated to a significant degree with the risk of developing dementia especially to the people with increased risk. Given the high rates of TBI to the general population serious dementia prevention measures should be taken in such incidents and clearly to carry out more studies and even longer in order to fully understand the mechanisms that affect between traumatic brain injury and dementia.
Biography:
Sela Ervina–Anastasia studied Νursing at the University of Western Attica, Greece and now she is a postgraduate student in the postgraduate program of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Her specialization is Surgical Nursing. She has two publications in international journals and has participated in three world medical conferences.
E-mail: anastasia.2100sl@gmail.com
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