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Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report
The aim of this study is to describe the results obtained after growth hormone (GH) treatment and neurorehabilitation in a young man that suffered a very grave traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a plane crash. Methods: Fifteen months after the accident, the patient was treated with GH, 1 mg/day, at...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26703581 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161226244 |
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author | Devesa, Jesús Díaz-Getino, Gustavo Rey, Pablo García-Cancela, José Loures, Iria Nogueiras, Sonia Hurtado de Mendoza, Alba Salgado, Lucía González, Mónica Pablos, Tamara Devesa, Pablo |
author_facet | Devesa, Jesús Díaz-Getino, Gustavo Rey, Pablo García-Cancela, José Loures, Iria Nogueiras, Sonia Hurtado de Mendoza, Alba Salgado, Lucía González, Mónica Pablos, Tamara Devesa, Pablo |
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description | The aim of this study is to describe the results obtained after growth hormone (GH) treatment and neurorehabilitation in a young man that suffered a very grave traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a plane crash. Methods: Fifteen months after the accident, the patient was treated with GH, 1 mg/day, at three-month intervals, followed by one-month resting, together with daily neurorehabilitation. Blood analysis at admission showed that no pituitary deficits existed. At admission, the patient presented: spastic tetraplegia, dysarthria, dysphagia, very severe cognitive deficits and joint deformities. Computerized tomography scanners (CT-Scans) revealed the practical loss of the right brain hemisphere and important injuries in the left one. Clinical and blood analysis assessments were performed every three months for three years. Feet surgery was needed because of irreducible equinovarus. Results: Clinical and kinesitherapy assessments revealed a prompt improvement in cognitive functions, dysarthria and dysphagia disappeared and three years later the patient was able to live a practically normal life, walking alone and coming back to his studies. No adverse effects were observed during and after GH administration. Conclusions: These results, together with previous results from our group, indicate that GH treatment is safe and effective for helping neurorehabilitation in TBI patients, once the acute phase is resolved, regardless of whether or not they have GH-deficiency (GHD). |
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spelling | pubmed-46911842016-01-06 Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report Devesa, Jesús Díaz-Getino, Gustavo Rey, Pablo García-Cancela, José Loures, Iria Nogueiras, Sonia Hurtado de Mendoza, Alba Salgado, Lucía González, Mónica Pablos, Tamara Devesa, Pablo Int J Mol Sci Case Report The aim of this study is to describe the results obtained after growth hormone (GH) treatment and neurorehabilitation in a young man that suffered a very grave traumatic brain injury (TBI) after a plane crash. Methods: Fifteen months after the accident, the patient was treated with GH, 1 mg/day, at three-month intervals, followed by one-month resting, together with daily neurorehabilitation. Blood analysis at admission showed that no pituitary deficits existed. At admission, the patient presented: spastic tetraplegia, dysarthria, dysphagia, very severe cognitive deficits and joint deformities. Computerized tomography scanners (CT-Scans) revealed the practical loss of the right brain hemisphere and important injuries in the left one. Clinical and blood analysis assessments were performed every three months for three years. Feet surgery was needed because of irreducible equinovarus. Results: Clinical and kinesitherapy assessments revealed a prompt improvement in cognitive functions, dysarthria and dysphagia disappeared and three years later the patient was able to live a practically normal life, walking alone and coming back to his studies. No adverse effects were observed during and after GH administration. Conclusions: These results, together with previous results from our group, indicate that GH treatment is safe and effective for helping neurorehabilitation in TBI patients, once the acute phase is resolved, regardless of whether or not they have GH-deficiency (GHD). MDPI 2015-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4691184/ /pubmed/26703581 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161226244 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Devesa, Jesús Díaz-Getino, Gustavo Rey, Pablo García-Cancela, José Loures, Iria Nogueiras, Sonia Hurtado de Mendoza, Alba Salgado, Lucía González, Mónica Pablos, Tamara Devesa, Pablo Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report |
title | Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report |
title_full | Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report |
title_short | Brain Recovery after a Plane Crash: Treatment with Growth Hormone (GH) and Neurorehabilitation: A Case Report |
title_sort | brain recovery after a plane crash: treatment with growth hormone (gh) and neurorehabilitation: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4691184/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26703581 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms161226244 |
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