Cognitive prognosis of severe head injury: Application of the Abbreviated Mental Examination

Abstract

This is a retrospective-prospective longitudinal descriptive study carried out in 44 adult patients who suffered severe ECT treated at the Hospital Belén de Trujillo during a period of one year, who underwent the Abbreviated Mental Examination and then their evolution was recorded at six months post ECT according to the Glasgow Prognostic Scale. The abbreviated mental examination was associated with the type of recovery in the evolution of severe ECT (p=0.0004) with a level of 54%, which means that this examination has a moderate value to be used as a prognostic indicator in the evolution of patients with severe ECT.