Pulmonary complications associated with severe head injury.
Pulmonary complications associated with severe head injury.
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与严重头部损伤相关的肺部并发症。
DOI:
10.1097/01376517-198308000-00004
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发表时间:
1983
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Warren,JB
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Warren,JB
Pulmonary dysfunction after severe head injury (HI) is a problem commonly seen by all nurses who care for trauma patients. Whatever the pathophysiol-ogical process that renders the otherwise intact total respiratory system dysfunctional, the ultimate result for the patient with severe craniocerebral trauma is impaired cerebral oxygenation. The initial assessment and plan of management must progress from a knowledge of potential complications associated with HI to integration of the concept of respiratory abnormalities from both cerebral and respiratory origin. In this light, it is important to note the principle that cerebral hypoxia not only slows brain activity, but also causes irreversible damage if untreated or treated poorly." Acute respiratory failure directly after HI takes on significance related to its effect on an already injured brain. Several studies have indicated that hypoxia upon admission to the emergency room is found in at least 30 percent of all HI patients.** Acute respiratory failure in general is difficult to define due to the multiplicity of causes, varieties of symptomatologies, and different clinical orientations. Essentially, in head-injured patients, there is hypoxemia in individ-uals with previously intact ventilatory control and healthy lungs. Specific related causes may be due to neurogenic changes of brainstem damage, severe impairment of gas exchange at the alveolar level due to aspiration, or pulmonary edema. The cardinal indicator of respiratory failure associated with head injury is the inability of the patient to maintain normal PaO, without supplemental oxygen. This article will describe pulmonary complications commonly seen after severe head injury and define the