Enrolment options

Course Image Traumatic Brain Injury Part V

Traumatic Brain Injury Part V

Part 5: Complications and Outcomes

ACE
Neuro Intensive Care

Summary

An integral part of ICU activity should be a registry where the long-term outcome of patients is recorded. This may be organised locally, regionally or nationally and helps to evaluate the clinical value and cost-effectiveness of intensive care medicine. In the specific field of TBI, outcome is more complex as disability rather than survival is a more sensitive outcome.


General Information

Enrolled trainees 1837

Open 16.04.2019

Available for ESICM members

Student effort 1

Last Updated August 29, 2022

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the Unit the student should able to:  

  • Summarise and describe late complications of severe TBI 
  • Describe the diagnosis and treatment post-traumatic hydrocephalus 
  • Describe the management of the sunken skin flap syndrome 
  • Discuss the appropriate management of post-traumatic meningitis 
  • Outline the principles of identification and management of carotid-cavernous fistulae 
  • Desribe outcome prediction in patients with severe TBI 
  • Explain the importance of audit and benchmarking in ICUs managing patients with TBI 

Relevant competencies in CoBaTrICE

  • 2.9 Monitors and responds to trends in physiological variables  
  • 2.10 Integrates clinical findings with laboratory investigations to form a differential diagnosis  
  • 3.6 Recognises and manages the patient with neurological impairment  
  • 6.3 Manages the care of the patient following craniotomy under supervision  
  • 6.5 Manages the pre- and post-operative care of the trauma patient under supervision  
  • 7.1 Identifies and attempts to minimise the physical and psychosocial consequences of critical illness for patients and families  
  • 11.7 Describes commonly used scoring systems for assessment of severity of illness, case mix and workload  
  • 11.8 Demonstrates an understanding of the managerial & administrative responsibilities of the ICM specialist

Enrollment Options

You are currently NOT enrolled in this course.

This course is available only for registered ESICM members.

If you are an ESICM member you can enrol yourself by clicking the Enrol Me button.

If there is no Enrol button on the top left of this card please check that you have login and that you are an ESICM Member.

Verify that you are logged in the Academy using your valid ESICM account to enrol yourself in the course.

Disclaimer

All authors of ACE courses sign a document declaring absence or any actual or potential conflicts of interest. In addition, they sign a copyright document confirming the work is their own and that they have obtained the necessary permission for any copyrighted material. The latter document also transfers the intellectual copyright to the ESICM. Both the conflict of interest and copyright forms are filed and stored in compliance with GDPR and are available for inspection upon request.