Padilla CN, Monge MJ

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

As is known, the Traumatic Brain Injury presents itself in two different modalities: as an open wound or a close wound (head trauma) generally on the head surface. And such trauma’s side effect include severe lesions or even fatal ones. The doctor in charge of caring for the TRI sufferer without regard of his or her specialty, frequently encounters cases in which the patient’s life (good quality of life) despends upon an efficient and decisive action. Every Doctor has to have a good and abundant knowledge of the Traumatic Brain Injury’s mechanisms, including side effects which provoke anatomic and physiologic impact, thus being profound and potentially fatal for the patient, given by the degree of. Every doctor should have a good knowledge of the mechanisms of the craniocephalic trauma that unchain alterations whose anatomical and physiologic impact can be deep and potentially fatal for the patient for the sequels and complications that this bears. The serious craniocephalic traumatism can, besides putting in danger the sick person’s life, produce serious physical and intellectual sequels. This possibility increases if one makes a late diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The measures to take are different according to the state and the patient’s clinic: to classify them we will use the scale of Glasgow, and according to their punctuation, we differentiate: Light craniocephalic traumatism (Glasgow coma scale of 14-15). Handling of moderate craniocephalic traumatism (Glasgow coma scale of Glasgow 9-13). Handling of serious craniocephalic traumatism (Glasgow coma scale of 3-8).

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