@article{ref1,
title="Expanding the understanding of disability in persons with traumatic brain injury",
journal="Neurology",
year="2012",
author="Bigler, Erin D. and Karlawish, Jason",
volume="78",
number="19",
pages="1454-1455",
abstract="Progress in treating acute, critical, and often fatal brain injury has been substantial. Prior to modern emergent medical and neurosurgical care, patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) often did not survive.(1) Now, they do and the result is a growing &quot;silent epidemic.&quot;(2) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s conservative estimate of the annual incidence of TBI is 1.7 million and TBI is the &quot;signature&quot; injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, where estimates range as high as 300,000.(3) At least 5 years postinjury, more than half of patients may remain disabled.(4) This issue of Neurology® adds to our understanding of this disability. The most comprehensive investigation of decision-making capacity in TBI patients shows that across all levels of severity, survivors of TBI have impaired ability to make medical decisions.(5).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0028-3878",
doi="10.1212/WNL.0b013e318256c022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e318256c022"
}