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Few diseases impact global heath to the extent that traumatic brain injury (TBI) does. It is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among young individuals in high-income countries. 1 Close to 52,000 patients with TBI die each year, 2 and moderate to severe TBI disables 80,000 persons per year. 3 ## Classification Traumatic brain injury may be classified by etiology or severity. Classification by etiology includes blunt closed head injuries, penetrating head injuries, and blast head injuries. Traumatic brain injury may also be classified by severity into mild, moderate, and severe. A Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of 13 to 15 is considered mild, 9 to 12 moderate, and GCS of 8 or less severe. 4 An alternative method of classification divides TBI into focal and diffuse. Focal injury constitutes extra-axial hematomas (subdural and epidural), intraparenchymal hematomas, and hemorrhagic contusions. 5 Diffuse brain injury involves widespread damage to axons, diffuse micro\vascular injury, hypoxic ischemic injury, and brain swelling. 5 Axonal injury (also referred to as diffuse axonal injury) is the result of shear, tensile, and compressive forces within brain tissue due to heterogeneity

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Author

Faheem Sheriff; Holly Hinson

Publisher

Georg Thieme Verlag KG

Published

2015

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)