Neurology

Traumatic Brain Injury

Questions discussed in this category

What is the expected timeframe one would expect to see paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity/sympathetic storming persist post-traumatic brain injury?

For example, in the setting of TBI, how do you guide the duration of the medical treatment?

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How would you manage a CVST secondary to a traumatic brain injury with the presence of intracranial hemorrhage?

When would you consider using anticoagulation and for how long?

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Would you avoid the use of keppra in patients with TBI due to concerns for worsening agitation?

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What is your approach to monitoring the neurologic status of a patient with a traumatic brain injury requiring burst suppression for status epilepticus?

E.g., a patient has an intracranial hemorrhage after TBI with convulsive status epilepticus.

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How long after a motor vehicle accident would you expect symptoms including memory loss, hypersomnia, and mood changes to be attributable to the accident?

Traumatic brain injury

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In what subset of traumatic brain injury/concussion patients would you consider use of N-Acetyl Cysteine?

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Papers discussed in this category

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 2006 Dec

International Classification of Headache Disorders, Second Edition (ICHD-2): current status and future revisions.

Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache, 2005 Feb

Chronic post-traumatic headache--a clinical analysis in relation to the International Headache Classification 2nd Edition.

Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 2008 Feb 05

A prospective controlled study in the prevalence of posttraumatic headache following mild traumatic brain injury.

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