Traumatic Brain Injury PART FOUR: ICU Complications and Early Prognostication-Video: TBI 4

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Dr. Stephanie Capucci presented a detailed webinar on managing moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a focus on ICU complications and early prognostication. She emphasized the importance of preventing secondary injuries in TBI patients, citing the need for individualized care due to the disease's heterogeneous nature. Dr. Capucci discussed systemic issues like ventilator-associated pneumonia, acute lung injury, and septic shock, which can worsen TBI. She highlighted recent studies supporting more liberal transfusion thresholds in TBI patients and recommended individualized blood pressure goals based on specific scenarios.<br /><br />The presentation also covered paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity (PSH) and its management strategies, stressing the importance of diagnosing delayed neurological worsening accurately. Dr. Capucci advocated for cautious prognostication, encouraging a period of critical care to allow for possible recovery before making definitive judgments about a patient's outcome. She discussed the complexity of prognosticating cognitive motor dissociation and emphasized the importance of collaborative care and communication with patient families, acknowledging the ethical challenges and discomfort that come with conveying uncertainty. The session concluded with a call for interdisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care and outcomes.

Keywords

traumatic brain injury

ICU complications

secondary injuries

ventilator-associated pneumonia

paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity

prognostication

cognitive motor dissociation

interdisciplinary collaboration

individualized care