Citation

Dash HH, Chavali S. Korean J Anesthesiol 2018; 71(1): 12-21.

Affiliation

Department of Neuroanesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Korean Society of Anesthesiologists)

DOI

10.4097/kjae.2018.71.1.12

PMID

29441170

PMCID

PMC5809702

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been called the 'silent epidemic' of modern times, and is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in children and young adults in both developed and developing nations worldwide. In recent years, the treatment of TBI has undergone a paradigm shift. The management of severe TBI is ideally based on protocol-based guidelines provided by the Brain Trauma Foundation. The aims and objectives of its management are prophylaxis and prompt management of intracranial hypertension and secondary brain injury, maintenance of cerebral perfusion pressure, and ensuring adequate oxygen delivery to injured brain tissue. In this review, the authors discuss protocol-based approaches to the management of severe TBI as per recent guidelines.

Language: en

Keywords

Guidelines; Management; Traumatic brain injury