hemorrhage & hematoma

Question 1

what is a hematoma

Answer 1

a blood clot outside the vessel

Question 2

what usually happens causing hemorrhage & hematoma and the consequences after that

Answer 2

• trauma causing hemorrhage then hematoma
• loss of neural function at affected area (where the hemorrhage or hematoma is)
• loss of function at target area (outside the cranium)

Question 3

intracranial Hemorrhage & hematoma

Answer 3

• in brain tissue

- single or multiple within brain

Question 4

epidural hemorrhage & hematoma

Answer 4

• hematoma above dura and below skull (between dura mater & skull)
• if arterial (rapid) -arterial far more serious than venous, bp greater in arteries than in veins
• usually d/t fracture

Question 5

subdural hemorrhage & hematoma

Answer 5

• between dura & arachnoid (below dura mater)
• venous (slower) (goes unnnoticed)
• encapsulated mass then cell lysis which causes an increase in concentration and a fluid influx

Question 6

why does a subdural hemorrhage & hematoma happen in an encapsulated space

Answer 6

blood becomes trapped between 2 membranes now an encapsulated space