TBI and Spinal Cord Trauma — Emergency and ICU Reference

Neurology · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Referencia de nivel experto sobre traumatismo craneoencefálico (TCE) y traumatismo raquimedular (TRM): fisiopatología, clasificación, manejo en urgencias e UCI, indicaciones quirúrgicas, complicaciones y rehabilitación.

What it covers

1. Epidemiology and Classification of TBI
2. · Classification of TBI by Severity — Glasgow Scale
3. · Classification by Mechanism and Morphology
4. TBI pathophysiology
5. · Primary Injury — The Immediate Damage
6. · Secondary Injury — The Treatable Cascade
7. · Monroe-Kellie Doctrine and Intracranial Pressure
8. Types of Intracranial Injuries
9. · Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI)
10. Clinical Evaluation and Neuroimaging in TBI
11. · Emergency Neurological Examination
12. Management of Severe TBI — ATLS and Neurocritical Care
13. · Prehospital and Emergency Management — ATLS Priorities
14. · Management of Intracranial Hypertension (IHT) — BTF 2020 Guidelines
15. · Multimodal Monitoring in Neurological ICU
16. Complications of TBI and Post-concussive Syndrome
17. · Major Systemic Complications of Severe TBI
18. · Mild TBI — Concussion and Post-Concussive Syndrome
19. Spinal cord trauma
20. · ASIA Classification (American Spinal Injury Association)
21. · Key Dermatomes and Myotomes for ASIA Evaluation
22. Pathophysiology and Incomplete Spinal Syndromes
23. · TRM Pathophysiology — Primary and Secondary Injury
24. · Incomplete Spinal Cord Syndromes
25. Acute Management of TRM
26. · Immobilization and Release of the Cervical Spine
27. · Hemodynamic Objectives in Acute TRM
28. · Methylprednisolone in TRM? — The NASCIS Controversy
29. · Surgical Indications in TRM
30. Complications of TRM and Rehabilitation
31. · Autonomic Dysreflexia — Emergency in Injuries ≥T6
32. · Respiratory Dysfunction according to the Level of Injury
33. · Neurogenic Bladder — Management and Complications
34. · DVT and PE — Fundamental Prevention in TRM
35. · Post-TRM Spasticity
36. · Research and Future — Neuroplasticity and Neuromodulation
37. · Summary of Objectives and Clinical Goals in TBI/TRM