Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Severe Brain Injury
Pulmonary complications are prevalent in the critically ill neurological population. Respiratory failure, pneumonia, acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), pulmonary edema, pulmonary contusions and pneumo/hemothorax, and pulmonary embolism are frequently encountere...
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| description | Pulmonary complications are prevalent in the critically ill neurological population. Respiratory failure, pneumonia, acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), pulmonary edema, pulmonary contusions and pneumo/hemothorax, and pulmonary embolism are frequently encountered in the setting of severe brain injury. Direct brain injury, depressed level of consciousness and inability to protect the airway, disruption of natural defense barriers, decreased mobility, and secondary neurological insults inherent to severe brain injury are the main cause of pulmonary complications in critically ill neurological patients. Prevention strategies and current and future therapies need to be implemented to avoid and treat the development of these life-threatening medical complications. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b2e50deb66234860a6967027de3ed85d2025-02-03T06:06:37ZengWileyCritical Care Research and Practice2090-13052090-13132012-01-01201210.1155/2012/207247207247Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Severe Brain InjuryKiwon Lee0Fred Rincon1Mischer Neuroscience Institute, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, 6431 Fannin Street Medical School Building 7152, Houston, TX 77030, USADivisions of Critical Care and Neurotrauma, Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USAPulmonary complications are prevalent in the critically ill neurological population. Respiratory failure, pneumonia, acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS), pulmonary edema, pulmonary contusions and pneumo/hemothorax, and pulmonary embolism are frequently encountered in the setting of severe brain injury. Direct brain injury, depressed level of consciousness and inability to protect the airway, disruption of natural defense barriers, decreased mobility, and secondary neurological insults inherent to severe brain injury are the main cause of pulmonary complications in critically ill neurological patients. Prevention strategies and current and future therapies need to be implemented to avoid and treat the development of these life-threatening medical complications.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/207247 |
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| title | Pulmonary Complications in Patients with Severe Brain Injury |
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