Strategies for treatment in patients with traumatic brain injuries.

Abstract

Head injuries (TBI) are one of the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide. Despite the fact that prevention is the best strategy, many people continue to suffer from TBI due to traffic accidents, falls and sports injuries.  

These lesions are classified into primary and secondary, and understanding this process is crucial to developing new treatment strategies. Historically, the Glasgow Coma Scale has been used to evaluate severity, although there are other classification systems that use tomographic and clinical characteristics to evaluate brain damage and support therapeutic decisions.  

Neuromonitoring surveillance systems allow continuous monitoring of the patient, and treatment generally seeks to reduce inflammation and normalize intracranial pressure.