TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Head Injuries
A1  - Tataris, Katie L.
A2  - Sherman, Scott C.
A2  - Weber, Joseph M.
A2  - Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2  - Rahul G., Patwari
PY  - 2014
T2  - Clinical Emergency Medicine
AB  - Traumatic  brain  injury  can  be  classified  by  severity  into  mild  (Glasgow  Coma  Scale  [GCS]  ≥14),  moderate  (GCS  9–13),  and  severe  (GCS  ≤  8)  categories.An  emergent  noninfused  head  computed  tomography  is  the  imaging  modality  of  choice  in  patients  with  cranial  trauma.Patients  with  intracranial  hemorrhage  can  quickly  deteriorate  and  require  frequent  neurological  re-evaluations.Limit  secondary  brain  injury  by  identifying  and  addressing  concurrent  hypoxemia,  hypotension,  and  increased  intracranial  pressure.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/20
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101228734
ER  -