CSD 277 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Traumatic Brain Injury, Frontal Lobe, Major Trauma

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders
• Course: CSD 277
• Professor: Robert Marshall

Document Summary

Traumatic brain injury: overview, epidemiology of tbi, medical aspects of tbi, assessment of individuals with tbi, frontal lobe functions and communication. Incidence of tbi: a leading cause of death and disability in children and adults, 1. 7 million each year in the united states, 52,000 - deaths, 275,000 - hospitalization, 1,365,000 - emergency department visits. Receiving other medical care/no care: traumatic brain injury definition, an acquired injury to the brain sustained by physical trauma or external force applied to the head. Severity of tbi is measured by degree of consciousness: mild. Loss of consciousness for <30 minutes: normal ct scan, moderate. Loss of consciousness 30 minutes-24 hours or: <30 minutes with focal lesion can see something on the ct scan, severe. Liver damage affects drug metabolism: pathophysiology - there are two aspects to a tbi, primary injury, contusions, dai (diffuse axonal injury, hemorrhage. It depends on the nature of the injury.