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Intensive Care for Emergency SurgeonsBrain Injury in the ACS Patient: Nuts and Bolts of Neuromonitoring and Management

Intensive Care for Emergency Surgeons: Brain Injury in the ACS Patient: Nuts and Bolts of... [Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide. In polytrauma patients, TBI is frequently associated with extracranial injuries. For this reason, every emergency-trauma surgeon should have a basic knowledge about TBI. The objective of this chapter is to provide concise and practical information about TBI pathophysiology, monitoring, and management. Furthermore, given its importance, a brief discussion about the brain death determination and management of the potential organ donor will be provided.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Intensive Care for Emergency SurgeonsBrain Injury in the ACS Patient: Nuts and Bolts of Neuromonitoring and Management

Part of the Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma Book Series
Editors: Picetti, Edoardo; Pereira, Bruno M.; Razek, Tarek; Narayan, Mayur; Kashuk, Jeffry L.
Picetti, Edoardo; Rossi, Sandra; Ottochian, Marcus; Stein, Deborah M.
Intensive Care for Emergency Surgeons — May 30, 2019
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-11829-7
Pages
89 –112
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-11830-3_6
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Abstract

[Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and disability worldwide. In polytrauma patients, TBI is frequently associated with extracranial injuries. For this reason, every emergency-trauma surgeon should have a basic knowledge about TBI. The objective of this chapter is to provide concise and practical information about TBI pathophysiology, monitoring, and management. Furthermore, given its importance, a brief discussion about the brain death determination and management of the potential organ donor will be provided.]

Published: May 30, 2019

Keywords: Traumatic brain injury; Intracranial pressure; Pathophysiology; Neuromonitoring; Management; Brain death

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