Abstract
Journal of medical and scientific research Abstract Background: Occurrence of concurrent traumatic brain injury and aortic injury is rare and potentially fatal trauma pattern. The incidence of traumatic brain injury associated with aortic injury is likely to be underestimated because many patients with this pathology die prior to hospital admission or imaging study. Even after diagnosis, there are difficulties in managing such a patient as different approaches are required to treat each of them.
Highlights
Occurrence of concurrent traumatic brain injury and aortic injury is rare and potentially fatal trauma pattern
On the contrary blood pressure should be maintained at normal level for adequate cerebral perfusion in head injury. (B) Sedation required for aortic injury can interfere with the clinical assessment of a patient with traumatic brain injury. (C) Anticoagulants used in the treatment of aortic injury are usually contraindicated in head injury
The incidence of traumatic brain injury associated with aortic injury is likely to be underestimated because many patients with this pathology die prior to hospital admission or imaging study [1]
Summary
Aortic injury may be missed, so the emergency physician should have high index of suspicion while dealing with polytrauma patient instead of just focussing on head injury. Head injury and aortic injury occurring together need different treatment methods which can have conflict. On the contrary blood pressure should be maintained at normal level for adequate cerebral perfusion in head injury. The treatment needs a team approach by neurosurgeon, endovascular cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, emergency physician, and critical care intensivist etc., to manage patients of traumatic brain injury with aortic injury.
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