Book contents
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to First Edition
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Head Injury
- Chapter 2 The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 3 Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment of the Head-Injured Patient
- Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in Trauma
- Chapter 6 Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury
- Chapter 7 Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury
- Chapter 8 Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury
- Chapter 9 Interhospital Transfer of Brain-Injured Patients
- Chapter 10 Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management
- Chapter 11 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 12 Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 13 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 14 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 15 Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation
- Chapter 16 Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery
- Chapter 17 Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients
- Chapter 18 Craniofacial Trauma
- Chapter 19 Cranioplasty after Head Injury
- Chapter 20 Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury
- Chapter 21 Paediatric Head Injury Management
- Chapter 22 Assessment of Cognition and Capacity
- Chapter 23 Families
- Chapter 24 Principles of Rehabilitation
- Chapter 25 MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury
- Chapter 26 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
- Chapter 27 Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation
- Chapter 28 Outcomes and Prognosis
- Chapter 29 Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury
- Index
- References
Chapter 14 - Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
Beyond the Brain
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2020
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword to First Edition
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Head Injury
- Chapter 2 The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 3 Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment of the Head-Injured Patient
- Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in Trauma
- Chapter 6 Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury
- Chapter 7 Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury
- Chapter 8 Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury
- Chapter 9 Interhospital Transfer of Brain-Injured Patients
- Chapter 10 Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management
- Chapter 11 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 12 Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury
- Chapter 13 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 14 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care
- Chapter 15 Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation
- Chapter 16 Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery
- Chapter 17 Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients
- Chapter 18 Craniofacial Trauma
- Chapter 19 Cranioplasty after Head Injury
- Chapter 20 Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury
- Chapter 21 Paediatric Head Injury Management
- Chapter 22 Assessment of Cognition and Capacity
- Chapter 23 Families
- Chapter 24 Principles of Rehabilitation
- Chapter 25 MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury
- Chapter 26 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
- Chapter 27 Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation
- Chapter 28 Outcomes and Prognosis
- Chapter 29 Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury
- Index
- References
Summary
It has long been recognised that a neurological injury can elicit profound systemic complications, from Harvey Cushing who in 1903 described strategies to limit fatal haemodynamic dysfunction during surgical CNS surgery to reports of pulmonary oedema post-seizures in 1908.1
Studies of patients admitted to intensive care with traumatic brain injury (TBI) showed that up to 89% developed non-neurological organ dysfunction, worsening their outcome.2,3 Most commonly patients develop sepsis, respiratory or cardiovascular complications with rates of 75%, 41% and 44% respectively in one cohort.3 Renal and hepatic system involvement is much less common.4 The presence of hypotension, severe respiratory failure or sepsis has been shown to be independent predictors of death and mortality rates rise from 31%–40% for single organ failure to 47%–91% with two organ system failures and up to 100% in cases with three or more organ system failures.
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- Traumatic Brain InjuryA Multidisciplinary Approach, pp. 164 - 185Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020