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ABDUL
Classification
TBI
Pathophysiology
Brain
Hypertension
Hypocarbia
alkalosis
CBF
Flow
= 750 mls/min
CMRO2 = 50mls O2/min
Control
CBF = CPP/CVR
CBF
CPP
CVR
Metabolic
autoregulation
Pressure
autoregulation
Chemical (pO2 &
pCO2)
Nervous system
Monro-Kellie Doctrine
However,
Secondary insult
hypotension,
ED Management
History
Mechanism of injury
increases mortality
Patients with severe TBI (GCS score of 8)
require prompt airway control
Induction
Paralysis
- Scoline
Circulation
Disability
Moderate
and severe CT
Mild Head injury
Canadian
New Orlean
Ian G Stiell, George A Wells, Katherine Vandemheen, Catherine Clement, Howard Lesiuk,
1.GCS
<15 two hours after injury
Andreas Laupacis,
R Douglas McKnight, Richard Verbeek, Robert Brison, Daniel Cass, Mary A Eisenhauer, Gary H
2.Suspected
open or depressed skull fracture
Greenberg, James
Worthington,
for the
CCC Studyskull
Group.Lancet
2001; 357:
139196
3. Any
sign of
basilar
fracture:
hemotympanum,raccoon
eyes
(intraorbital bruising), Battle's sign(retroauricular bruising),
orCSF leak, oto- or rhinorrhea
4.2 episodes of vomiting
5. 65 years or older
6. Amnesia before impact of 30 or more minutes
7. Dangerous mechanism (pedestrian struck by motor
vehicle,occupant ejected from motor vehicle, fall from 3 feet or
5 stairs)
Patients < 16 yrs old, GCS < 13 ,those with neurologic deficit,
seizure, obvious open skull # , presence of bleeding diathesis,
or oral anticoagulant use were excluded
Extra/Epidural Hematoma
(EDH)
traumatic
accumulation of blood
between the inner table of the skull and
the stripped-off dural membrane
Blunt trauma to the temporal or
temporoparietal area with an associated
skull fracture and middle meningeal
arterial disruption is the primary
mechanism of injury
EDH
EDH
Expanding
Mx
Resus
RSI
if necessary
Reduce ICP
Hyperventilation
Phenytoin
Subdural Hematoma
subacute phase
SDH
caused
by sudden acceleration-deceleration of
brain parenchyma with subsequent tearing of
the bridging veins
Brains with extensive atrophy, as in the elderly
and in alcoholics, are more susceptible to acute
subdural hematoma
Mx
Medical
DAI
A
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
extravasation
SAH
Some
Intraparenchymal
hematoma / contussion
bleeding
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