Although all three infectious diseases seem to cause long-term impairment; the impaired sub-domains differ.
Long-term impairment before death also results in human misery and material impoverishment.
We hypothesized that CPB results in long-term impairment of neurocognitive performance in rats.
This is tragic, since a growing body of research suggests that early diagnosis and treatment reduces long-term impairment and disability.
Surviviors of extreme prematurity (less than 26 weeks gestational age) may have long-term impairment, including developmental disabilities and neurological deficits that become evident as the child matures.
Although delirium is known as a mental disorder, recent evidence suggests that it is associated with short- and long-term impairment of functional status.
The growing connections between head trauma and contact sports, though, have led some nervous parents and coaches to assume that any concussion could lead to long-term impairment.
Also, preliminary calculations, based on a limited number of cases, and including both bicyclists and pedestrians, showed that when adding the effect of AEB, the risk of long-term impairment decreased by more than 90%.
Even at the professional level, with team doctors at players' disposal, Mr. Bettis, who had numerous concussions, said that he wished he had known more about concussion symptoms and the potential long-term impairment.
Status epilepticus in rat causes an age-dependent, long-term impairment in auditory discrimination.
Early brain injury due to stroke commonly results in significant long-term impairment [2 5].
