title: [Neurointensive care of severe traumatic brain injury].
abstract: We present a Danish algorithm for the neurointensive care of patients with severe traumatic brain injury. The primary goal is to avoid cerebral ischaemia and hypoxia and secondarily brain injury. Patient evaluation by a neurosurgeon is mandatory, and decision-making concerning extended cerebral monitoring should take place immediately. Treatment aiming at diminishing increased intracranial pressure should be initiated early. Early critical care management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury should be performed in a teamwork comprising various specialties.
authors.affiliation: Neurointensivt Terapiafsnit 2093, Neuroanaestesiologisk Klinik, Neurocentret, Rigshospitalet, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. karen-lise.welling@rh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Karen-Lise Kobberø
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Welling
authors.forename: Vagn
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eskesen
authors.forename: Bertil
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romner
authors.forename: Dansk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Neurotraumeudvalg
mesh_terms: D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D019091:Critical Pathways; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012720:Severity of Illness Index