TBI-Intro
Score of >25 for two consecutive days helps identify out of PTA.
What is the O-log
Mood stabilizer agent that requires monitoring of Vitamin D-25 levels and ammonia
What is depakote?
Trauma to head or body that leads to reversible neurometabolic brain changes
What is concussion?
Mean arterial pressure - Intracranial pressure
What is cerebral perfusion pressure?
The leading cause of TBI in the US.
What is a fall?
Antipsychotic that is known to cause agranulocytosis
What is clozapine?
What is minimally conscious state?
The most common hormonal deficiency after traumatic brain injury
What is Growth Hormone?
The leading cause of TBI-related death in the US.
What is a firearm?
Antispasmodic medication that works through GABA-A receptors
What is Diazepam?
Traumatic brain injury leading to endogenous processes that involve ischemia, energy failure and cell death
What is secondary injury?
Skull fracture that leads to racoon eyes, CSF leakage and Battle's sign
What is a basilar skull fracture?
The most important prognostic factor within 24 hours of a severe TBI.
What is motor score?
The antidepressant with the longest half life.
What is fluoxetine?
The gold standard for evaluation in patients with DoC
What is the Coma Recovery Scale - Revised?
Movement disorder most commonly associated to anoxic brain injury
What is myoclonus/Lance Adams syndrome
Being thrown by a blast injury into a building wall.
What is tertiary blast injury?
Migraine medications that could be used as both abortive and preventative option.
What are Calcitonin gene-related peptide inhibitors?
Brain location that when injured leads to issues with social awareness and behaviors
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Complication that can occur after a penetrating TBI, that increases seizure risk and will require prolonged antibiotic regimen.
What is a cerebral abscess?