SEVERE BRAIN INJURY MANAGEMENT

Management of severe brain injury, the main cause of death in young population, has now standardized principles that lead to the improving of the outcome. The treatment of this traumatic illness is direcly connected to cerebral physiopathology. After the impact, there are some cerebral mechanisms th...

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Main Authors: Eva Gheorghita, Cristina Bucur, Luminita Neagoe, Jean Ciurea, Jemna Constantin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Amaltea Medical Publishing House 2009-12-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Neurology
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Online Access:https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_NEUROLOGY/Revista_Romana_de_NEUROLOGIE-2009-Nr.4/RJN_2009_4_Art-03.pdf
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Summary:Management of severe brain injury, the main cause of death in young population, has now standardized principles that lead to the improving of the outcome. The treatment of this traumatic illness is direcly connected to cerebral physiopathology. After the impact, there are some cerebral mechanisms that are modified and are responsible for the appearance of the secondary injury: damaging of the cerebral metabolism, which has characteristic a very high metabolic rate compared to other tissues, altering the cerebral blood flow responsible for the cerebral oxygenation, altering the blood brain barrier with direct consequences on cerebral edema. Therefore, therapeutic aspects are connected to monitoring and will address to ensuring the hemodynamic stability, accurate oxygenation and correction of the factors that may worsen secondary injury (temperature, glycemia, osmolarity).
ISSN:1843-8148
2069-6094