TBI Flashcards
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Diffuse axonal injury
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Extensive and widespread damage due to shearing forces (usually rotational) from rapid acceleration/deceleration
2
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Contusion
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Bruising on the brain resultant from a direct impact to the head
3
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Hematomas: Epidural, subdural, and intracerebral
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- Epidural: Blood between the dura and skull, resultant from skull fxs that cause a rapid increase in ICP
- Subdural: Bleeding between dural and subarachnoid, resultant from blunt trauma without fx
- Intracerebral: Frontal/temporal lobes
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Normal ICP + increased ICP
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- Normal: 0-10 mm HG
- Increased: >20 mm HG
5
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Sxs of increased ICP
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- HA
- Papilledema
- Vomiting
- Drowsiness
- Altered consciousness
6
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CPP equation
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CPP = MAP - ICP
7
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Normal CPP + abnormal CPP
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- Normal >70 mm HG
- Ischemic <4–50 mm HG
8
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Glasgow Coma Scale
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- Eye response (4)
- Verbal response (5)
- Motor response (6)
9
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GCS Severity
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Mild 13-15
Moderate 9-12
Severe 3-8
10
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Coma
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- Unarousable unconsciousness
- No periods of wakefulness or eye opening to stimulations
11
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Vegetative state
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- Lack of awareness but preserved capacity for arousal (spontaneous or stim-induced)
1. No evidence of awareness of self or environment
2. No evidence of purposeful or voluntary behavioral response to stim
3. No language
4. Bowel and bladder incontinence
5. Variable preservation of cranial nerve and spinal reflexes
6. Sufficient preservation of autonomic function
7. Intermittent wakefulness manifested by the presence of sleep wake cycles
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Minimally conscious state
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- Reproducible awareness of self or environment by one of the following:
1. Simple command following
2. Gestural or verbal yes/no responses
3. Intelligible verbalization
4. Purposeful behavior (movement or affective)
13
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PTA Stages of Recovery
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Mild 5-60 minutes Moderate 1-24 hours Severe 1-7 days Very Severe 1-4 weeks Extremely severe >4 weeks
14
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I: No response
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- Complete absence of observable behavior to stim
15
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II: Generalized response
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- Reaction to external stimuli in non-specific, inconsistent, and non-purposeful manner with stereotypical responses
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III: Localized response
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- Responds specifically and inconsistently with delays to stim