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Management for Head Injury Assessment : 3 important parameters: ABCs, GCS, pupil size Minor head injury (GCS >13) Indications for admission: 1. Persistent headache and/or vomiting2. CSF leak3. Neurological deficit4. Skull fracture5. History of loss of consciousness6. Amnesia – In…

AIM : prevention of secondary brain injury (from hypotension, hypoxemia, increased ICP etc.) since neuronal death is irreversible. Concussion Physiological dysfunction without anatomical or radiological abnormality (physiological dysfunction is the first step towards cell death, but is reversible if no…