Brain fog after trauma: study tracks why young survivors struggle to return to work

NCT ID NCT03098459

Summary

This study aims to understand why many people develop long-term thinking and memory problems after surviving a serious injury and ICU stay. Researchers are following 432 trauma patients to see how factors like confusion in the hospital (delirium) and body-wide inflammation affect their recovery and ability to return to work. The goal is to gather knowledge to help future patients, not to test a treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States

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