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Management of Moderate and Severe TBI

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The management of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex and developing practice in the acute neurosciences. The management of such, from the field phase of illness to the tertiary definitive medical and surgical management of TBI, is discussed. Clinical syndromes and radiographic examples of brain injury are presented, along with a current review of the literature in the early critical care phase of moderate and severe brain injury management. We discuss an algorithm for managing the challenging patient, and discuss areas of needed future research.

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  1. Neurology and Critical Care, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 78234, USA

    Scott A. Marshall M.D. & Geoffrey S. F. Ling M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.

  2. Department of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Scott A. Marshall M.D. & Geoffrey S. F. Ling M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.

  3. Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Randy Bell M.D., Rocco A. Armonda M.D. & Geoffrey S. F. Ling M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.

  4. Critical Care Medicine for Neurology, Anesthesiology, and Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, 20814, USA

    Geoffrey S. F. Ling M.D., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.

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Marshall, S.A., Bell, R., Armonda, R.A., Ling, G.S.F. (2012). Management of Moderate and Severe TBI. In: Tsao, J. (eds) Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87887-4_4

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