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Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health problem and the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Despite the modern diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis for patients with TBI remains poor. While severity of primary injury is the major factor determining the outcomes, the secondary injury caused by physiological insults such as hypotension, hypoxemia, hypercarbia, hypocarbia, hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia, etc. that develop over time after the onset of the initial injury, causes further damage to brain tissue, worsening the outcome in TBI. Perioperative period may be particularly important in the course of TBI management. While surgery and anesthesia may predispose the patients to new onset secondary injuries which may contribute adversely to outcomes, the perioperative period is also an opportunity to detect and correct the undiagnosed pre-existing secondary insults, to prevent against new secondary insults and is a potential window to initiate interventions that may improve outcome of TBI. For this review, extensive Pubmed and Medline search on various aspects of perioperative management of TBI was performed, followed by review of research focusing on intraoperative and perioperative period. While the research focusing specifically on the intraoperative and immediate perioperative TBI management is limited, clinical management continues to be based largely on physiological optimization and recommendations of Brain Trauma Foundation guidelines. This review is focused on the perioperative management of TBI, with particular emphasis on recent developments.
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Affiliation(s)
- Parichat Curry
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Rossaint R, Bouillon B, Cerny V, Coats TJ, Duranteau J, Fernández-Mondéjar E, Hunt BJ, Komadina R, Nardi G, Neugebauer E, Ozier Y, Riddez L, Schultz A, Stahel PF, Vincent JL, Spahn DR. Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline. Crit Care 2010; 14:R52. [PMID: 20370902 PMCID: PMC2887168 DOI: 10.1186/cc8943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 468] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Evidence-based recommendations are needed to guide the acute management of the bleeding trauma patient, which when implemented may improve patient outcomes. METHODS The multidisciplinary Task Force for Advanced Bleeding Care in Trauma was formed in 2005 with the aim of developing a guideline for the management of bleeding following severe injury. This document presents an updated version of the guideline published by the group in 2007. Recommendations were formulated using a nominal group process, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) hierarchy of evidence and based on a systematic review of published literature. RESULTS Key changes encompassed in this version of the guideline include new recommendations on coagulation support and monitoring and the appropriate use of local haemostatic measures, tourniquets, calcium and desmopressin in the bleeding trauma patient. The remaining recommendations have been reevaluated and graded based on literature published since the last edition of the guideline. Consideration was also given to changes in clinical practice that have taken place during this time period as a result of both new evidence and changes in the general availability of relevant agents and technologies. CONCLUSIONS This guideline provides an evidence-based multidisciplinary approach to the management of critically injured bleeding trauma patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rolf Rossaint
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Witten/Herdecke, Hospital Cologne Merheim, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Hradec Králové, 50005 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Accident and Emergency Department, University of Leicester, Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WW, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Paris XI, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 63 rue Gabriel Péri, 94276 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, ctra de Jaén s/n, 18013 Granada, Spain
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- Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK
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- Department of Traumatology, General and Teaching Hospital Celje, 3000 Celje, Slovenia
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- Shock and Trauma Center, S. Camillo Hospital, I-00152 Rome, Italy
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- Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Université Paris Descartes, AP-HP Hopital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgery and Trauma, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Solna, Sweden
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- Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Experimental and Clinical Traumatology and Lorenz Boehler Trauma Center, Donaueschingenstrasse 13, 1200 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204, USA
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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