Brain Trauma: Clinical Manifestations
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The brain trauma (BT) is a big public health problem in all developed and developing countries. It is due to its current epidemical nature since neurological injures are those which require more hospitalizations and produce the highest rates of neurophysical and neuropsychological after-effects in individuals who are healthy and with a long life expectancy. The BT deserves careful attention on the part of the governments, the scientific sphere, general practitioners, internists and neurosurgeons since the life of a patient depends on a rapid and efficient attention. The Intensive Care Units (ICU) have become the paradigm of the acute neurologic pathology. The ICUs have had changes and advances for the last 25 years in regard to the handling of this pathology. This review article shows different aspects of BT and analyzes factors of its clinical manifestations. Since the patient is taken to the accident and emergency department until some due procedures during the medical assessments. Likewise, the main classifications, scales and charts used for its rapid assessment are shown.
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