title: Diagnosis and management of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury sustained in combat.
abstract: Traumatic brain injury exists in a spectrum of severity among wounded personnel. The evaluation and clinical presentation, initial management, and treatment interventions to prevent secondary injury processes for combat-associated moderate and severe traumatic brain injury are reviewed. Promising therapies are discussed, and a current review of the literature is provided.
authors.affiliation: Division of Critical Care Medicine; Department of Neurology, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234, USA.
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Ronald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Riechers
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016638:Critical Illness; D056424:Decompressive Craniectomy; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019586:Intracranial Hypertension / Q000628:therapy; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D059906:Neuroimaging; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014857:Warfare
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D010100:Oxygen