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Abstract
Perhaps in no other area of anaesthesia is the selection of drugs, technique of ventilation of the lungs, and choice of monitors more important than in the care of the patient with head trauma.
Head injuries constitute not only major medical emergencies but also serious socio-economic problems. Optimal outcome depends on a team approach involving among others, the anaesthiologist, the neurosurgeon and the emergency room physician. Rational therapy depends on a full understanding of the pathophysiology of this trauma. Cerebral perfusion pressure, intracranial pressure and oxygen consumption are the most important physiological aspects in managing a head injured patient. Understanding the pathophysiology of head injury going through the primary and secondary injury with their sequalae will greatly help us in the management.
Head injury constitutes a dynamic process and has variable course depending both on the initial injury and on secondary brain damage. Therefore the goals of management are to prevent secondary brain damage resulting from the development of intracranial as well as extracranial complications and to provide the brain with the optimal environment to maximize the potential for recovery.