Update on Head Injury
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Update on Head Injury
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Outline
• Epidemiology• Mechanisms of injury• Investigation and Management• Therapeutic strategies• Controversies• Outcome after head injury
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Epidemiology
• > 10 million people / year worldwide• Incidence increasing
– Increasing car use in low and middle income countries– Trauma – gun shot / blast injury
• In UK average age increasing– Traffic safety– Elderly population
• Leading cause of morbidity and death in young• Almost half experience long term disability
• Less than 0.5% need surgical intervention
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Classification of Severity
• By Glasgow Coma Score– 14-15 mild– 9-13 moderate– 3-8 severe
• By CT findings
• By marker of injury– S100b
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Mechanisms of injury
• Primary injury– Contusion– Haematoma– Diffuse axonal injury
• Secondary injury– Hypoxia / ischaemia– Neurotransmitter release– Free radical generation– Calcium mediated damage– Inflammatory responses – Delayed and progressive
• Patient who “talks and dies”
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Investigation
• NICE head injury guidelines– No skull x rays – 2 – 4 times more CT scans
than previously
• CT scans provide snapshot view
• Approximately 25% develop new lesions or those seen will increase
• Repeat CT vs. radiation exposure
• Single scan in a child increases risk of fatal cancer by 0.07%
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Management
• Non-neurosurgical centres vs. neurosurgical centres– 2.15 increase in odds of death in severe head injury – In UK < 5% of head injured patients treated by neurosurgeons
• Many recommendations based on poor evidence– NICE only 3 level 1 recommendations
• Prehospital– Hypoxia and hypotension prevention / treatment
• ED– ATLS Guidelines
• Intensive care– Optimise oxygen delivery, perfusion, nutrition, glycaemic control and
temperature homeostasis– Monitoring – localised measures of cerebral oxygenation / continuous
EEG– Prevent seizures– Reduce brain swelling
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Osmotherapy
• Mannitol• Mannitol vs. hypertonic saline• RCT showed better outcomes
with hypertonic saline• But problems if prolonged use
– Hypernatraemia– Cardiac failure – Phlebitis– Bleeding diathesis
• Cochrane – “small benefit on ICP vs. control”
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Hyperventilation
• Lowers ICP but may increase ischaemia
• Cochrane– Although evidence that lowers
ICP no evidence of benefit on outcome
• Avoid high pCO2 – Aim for 4.5 – 5 kPa
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Therapeutic hypothermia
• Lot of poor quality trials with different protocols
• Meta-analysis showed small benefit from use
• But – counteracted by almost
threefold increase in pneumonia
• Cochrane– Not been shown to reduce
death or disability– Is associated with an
increased risk of complications – e.g. pneumonia, arrhythmia
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Craniectomy
• Decompression procedure• Surge of interest• Two large trials currently underway
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Other Treatments
• Steroids– CRASH trial showed worse outcomes
• Magnesium– No evidence of benefit in routine use – Only if hypomagnesaemic
• Calcium channel blockers– Useful in subarachnoid haemorrhage– No evidence of benefit in head injury
• Routine anticonvulsants– Reduce chance of seizures– No effect on death or disability
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Outcome
• Most important predictors correlating with outcome are;– Age– GCS
• motor score• GCS < 5 in children
– Pupil response– CT findings– Extra cranial injuries
• Mortality >95% in patients with a GCS of 3-5
• New models can help predict outcome at early stages
• http://www.crash2.lshtm.ac.uk/Risk%20calculator/index.html
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