87. TBI – Introduction

Matthew MacPartlin begins his four part series on traumatic brain injury with a brief overview of epidemiology, aetiology and features.

Some useful references:

Predicting outcome after traumatic brain injury: practical prognostic models based on large cohort of international patients. MRC CRASH Trial Collaborators. BMJ 2008;336:425

CDC Severe TBI factsheet

Oh’s Intensive Care Manual, 6th Edition. Bersten & Soni. Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier). ISBN: 9780702030963

Brain Trauma Foundation

BTF Guidelines for the Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury, 3rd edition

Medscape reference: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) – Definition, Epidemiology, Pathophysiology. 

Sekhon LH, Fehlings MG. Epidemiology, demographics and pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury. Spine 2001; 26: S2-12

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