Exam 2 TBI Dr. Shappy Flashcards
TBI: Most common age group injured
young males
MOI for SCI
(three motions, four results)
some sort of method of acceleration/deceleration where the brain tissue smashes into the cranium
- Accerleration
- Deceleration
- Rotation
If any of these causes:
- Shearing,
- tearing,
- compression, or
- displacement of brain tissue
some method of trauma
Head doesn’t actually have to hit something, but brain must slosh agains something
brain can rotate into scull
what is a focal injury?
–Area of impact
–Can result in bruising (hematoma), swelling (edema), Slicing/laceration/tearing of brain, coup-contra coup effect.
From Wikipedia:
Focal and diffuse brain injury are ways to classify brain injury: focal injury occurs in a specific location, while diffuse injury occurs over a more widespread area. It is common for both focal and diffuse damage to occur as the result of the same event; many traumatic brain injuries have aspects of both focal and diffuse injury.[1] Focal injuries are commonly associated with an injury in which the head strikes or is struck by an object; diffuse injuries are more often found in acceleration/deceleration injuries, in which the head does not necessarily contact anything, but brain tissue is damaged because tissue types with varying densities accelerate at different rates.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_and_diffuse_brain_injury
what are three ways to classify a brain injury?
- Focal Injjury
- Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI)
- Hypoxic Ischemic Injury
what is DAI?
Diffuse Axonal Injury
Diffuse Axonal Injury
–Diffuse damage to neural tissue (axons)
From Wikipedia:
Focal and diffuse brain injury are ways to classify brain injury: focal injury occurs in a specific location, while diffuse injury occurs over a more widespread area. It is common for both focal and diffuse damage to occur as the result of the same event; many traumatic brain injuries have aspects of both focal and diffuse injury.[1] Focal injuries are commonly associated with an injury in which the head strikes or is struck by an object; diffuse injuries are more often found in acceleration/deceleration injuries, in which the head does not necessarily contact anything, but brain tissue is damaged because tissue types with varying densities accelerate at different rates.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_and_diffuse_brain_injury
what is a hypoxic ischemic injury
•Hypoxic Ischemic Injury
- –Arachnoid damage
- –Other stuff I didn’t get down
From International Brain Injury Association:
Hypoxic-ischemic brain injury is a diagnostic term that encompasses a complex constellation of pathophysiological and molecular injuries to the brain induced by hypoxia, ischemia, cytotoxicity, or combinations of these conditions (Busl and Greer 2010). The typical causes of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury – cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, near-drowning, near-hanging, and other forms of incomplete suffocation, carbon monoxide and other poisonous gas exposures, and perinatal asphyxia – expose the entire brain to potentially injurious reductions of oxygen (i.e., hypoxia) and/or diminished blood supply (ischemia).
http://www.internationalbrain.org/articles/hypoxicischemic-brain-injury/
which types of TBI have bad outcomes?
DAI & Hypoxic injury = bad outcomes
what is a brain hematoma?
A bleed on the brain
what does Dura Mater man?
Dura Mater = “tough mother”
What can brain hematomas cause?
An increase in intracranial pressure
where are three common places that hematomas can happen in the brain?
- –Epidural
- •above the dura
- –Subdural
- •Below the dura
- –Intracerebral
- •Between hemispheres
what does ICP stand for?
Intracrainial Pressure
what is considered normal ICP (for shappy)?
•Normal ICP 4 to 15 mmHg
what is the goal for Intracranial Pressur eto be able to do rehab?
•Below 20 mmHg- goal
The higher the ICP gets, the ______ the outcome
The higher the Intracranial pressure gets, the worse the outcome
The longer amount of time spend at higher ICP, the ______ the outcome
The longer amount of time spend at higher ICP, the worsethe outcome
What are three things that can be used to manage a high ICP?
- Intraventricular catheter
- Subural screw
- Epidural sensor
where are five places that a ICP cantheter can be placed? (picture it too)
- Epidulral
- Intraparencyhmal
- Subarachnoid
- Ventricular
- Subdural
List 7 tests that can be done to diagnose a TBI?
- •CT scan
- •MRI
- •PET scan
- •SPECT scan
- •FMRI
- •EEG
- •Neuropsychological testing
what happens to athletes twho get a concussion?
Concussion testing battery baseline
retest before they can return to play after concussion
Free of symptoms counts as day 1 (still might not be exactly where they were before)
why is exercise a risk after someone experiences a TBI?
Exercise increases BP that can increase intracranial pressure
What does PET stand for?
PET = Positron Emission Tomography
What does SPECT stand for?
SPECT = Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography
Does a mild concussion require imaging?
no
(but I think Dr. Shappy thinks it should)
What does FMRI stand for?
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(functional MRI)
clinician tells pt to do something and that area lights up on the MRI
see attached picture
what does DAI stand for?
Diffuse Axonal Injury
why is it good to look at any images we can get our hands on in the hospital?
The more we see these images along with symptoms, the more we understand them and we can develop expertise
what does Sequelae mean?
a condition that is the consequence of a previous disease or injury.
What are 11 Sequelae categories of TBI?
- •Neuromuscular Impairments
- •Cognitive
- •Orientation
- •Memory
- •Executive function
- •Behavioral
- •Communication
- •Visual-Perceptual
- •Dysphagia- swallowing
- •Dysarthria- speaking
- •Indirect impairments
what are five deficits in memory that are part of sequelae of TBI?
- –Amnesia
- –Declarative memory
- –Procedural memory
- –Post-traumatic
- –Impaired attention
what are three types of amnesia?
- retrograde amnesia
- antrograde amnesia
- Post-truamatic amnesia
what is regrograde amnesia?
retrograde (can’t remember before a certain time)
what is anterograde amnesia?
antrograde (can’t learn new things)
what is post-traumatic amnesia?
Post-truamatic: the time between injury and when your memory returns
- used as a predictor for prognosis
what is post-traumatic amnesia used as?
used as a predictor for prognosis