Current and evolving management of traumatic brain injury.
This article discuss the pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury and increased intracranial pressure, the consequences and treatment of secondary insults, and strategies for the medical and nursing management of the patient who has traumatic brain injury.
Saiki
Robin L
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 12631 East 17th Avenue, Box C307, Aurora, CO 8, USA. robin.saiki@uchsc.edu
D000208:Acute Disease; D000698:Analgesia; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D024802:Nurse's Role; D018529:Nutritional Support; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D055502:Secondary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents