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This document is part of a series of guidelines documents designed by the French
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Society (SOFMER) and the French Federation
of PRM (FEDMER). These reference documents focus on a particular pathology (here
patients with severe TBI).
They describe for each given pathology patients'
clinical and social needs, PRM care objectives and necessary human and material
resources of the pathology-dedicated pathway. 'Care pathways in PRM' is therefore
a short document designed to enable readers (physician, decision-maker,
administrator, lawyer, finance manager) to have a global understanding of
available therapeutic care structures, organization and economic needs for
patients' optimal care and follow-up. After a severe traumatic brain injury,
patients might be divided into three categories according to impairment's
severity, to early outcomes in the intensive care unit and to functional
prognosis. Each category is considered in line with six identical parameters used
in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (World
Health Organization), focusing thereafter on personal and environmental factors
liable to affect the patients' needs.
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