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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Cindy B. Ivanhoe, M.D.Chief Medical Officer
Mentis Neurorehabilitation
Professor, Physical Medicine and RehabilitationBaylor College of Medicine-University of TexasPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alliance
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MTBI and PTSDObjectives
To compare and contrast findings in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) and Post Traumatic Brain Injury (PTSD)
To discuss the interplay of the cognitive and behavioral presentations of MTBI and PTSD
To compare and contrast neuropharmacologic interventions for TBI and PTSD
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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Classification if based on initial presentation; not outcome
Variable definitions
Include loss of consciousness less than 30 minutes, PTA less than 24 hours, and/or other neurologic abnormalities
Uncomplicated vs. complicated MTBI
GCS 13-15
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Definition of MTBI Mild TBI (or concussion): a diagnosis based solely on
observed or reported injury severity characteristics following a head trauma
Length of loss of consciousness (LOC) < 30 min
Length of posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) < 24 hrs
Time to follow commands (TFC) < 1 hr
There is abundant, conclusive evidence that structural, pathophysiological, and cognitive/behavioral changes occur
Occur immediately following mild TBI (McCrea, 2008)
Subjective complaints and mild concentration and memory problems typically resolve within 3 months post injury (Schretlen & Shapiro, 2003)
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Post Concussive Syndrome
A constellation of largely subjective somatic, cognitive, and affective symptoms that persist following mild TBI
Diagnosed > 3 months post-injuryBoake et al (2005) found widely varying prevalence rates
DSM-IV) extremely poor specificityPre- and post-injury psychiatric distress, older age, chronic pain, sleep disturbance
Compensation seeking associated with the development of PCS
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Mild TBI
At least 25% of individuals with mild TBI do not seek medical care
Approximately 14% seek care from physicians
Majority of athletic mild TBIs are not reported
Civilians-usual cause is falls or motor vehicle collisions with acceleration-deceleration
Occur under less stressful situations
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Mild TBI: Mechanism
Axonal injury-stretch starts a pathophysiologic process that leads to metabolic dysfunction
Neurons that survive are often structurally compromised
Neuron survival is linked to mitochondria and other metabolic tendencies and biomarkers
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Second Impact Syndrome (SIS)
Mostly related to sports activities
Still having symptoms from an impact, when the next impact occurs
Leads to sustained intracranial hypertension, sustained cerebral edema
Significance of “still having symptoms” as recovery is not linear and symptoms may not correlate with degree of damage
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Blast Injury: Mechanisms of
Injury Blast causes rapid pressure changes,
especially in organs with air-fluid interfaces
Brain may be affected as well by transmission of energy via the great vessels in the thorax and/or orifices of the skull (Eyes, ears)
Electromagnetic changes following the blast
Debris
Toxic inhalation, radiation, body displacement
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Mild TBI in the Military
Under recognized in cases of polytrauma
82% of TBI in this population-mild or “concussive”
Likely to occur under some degree of physiologic stress at time of injury
Usually associated with blast injury
Combination of blunt and blast injury
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TBI in the Military
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TBI Severity in the Military
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May Impact Physiology of the
injury
Temperature extremes
Dehydration
Fatigue
Chronic cortisol elevations
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IMAGING
CT
MRI
SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT)
DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI)
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
The person has experienced, witnessed, or been confronted with an event or events that involve actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of oneself or others.
The person's response involved intense fear, helplessness, or horror.
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PTSD: DSM IV
•Trauma (The “Stressor”)
•Re experiencing / Intrusions
•Avoidance/Numbing
•Increased Arousal
•More than one month of symptoms
•Causes functional problems
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PTSD
Reexperiencing (need at least 1) Recurrent and intrusive distressing
recollections of event Recurrent distressing dreams of the event Acting or feeling as if the traumatic event
were recurring (e.g., flashbacks) Intense psychological distress at exposure to
internal or external cues Physiological reactivity to cue exposure
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PTSD
Avoidance and Numbing (need at least 3) Efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or
conversations associated with trauma Efforts to avoid activities, places, or people
that arouse recollections of trauma Inability to recall important aspects of trauma Markedly diminished interest or participation
in significant activities Feeling of detachment or estrangement from
others Restricted range of affect Sense of foreshortened future
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PTSD
Increased arousal (need at least 2) Difficulty falling or staying asleep Irritability or outbursts of anger Difficulty concentrating Hypervigilance Exaggerated startle response
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Acute Stress Disorder
Most individuals experience PTSD symptoms immediately following a traumatic experience
If symptoms last less than 4 weeks, then it is considered acute stress disorder.
Given that most people experience similar symptoms after a trauma, what differentiates between those that recover vs. those that develop long term PTSD?
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PTSD
Reexperiencing (need at least 1) Recurrent and intrusive distressing
recollections of event Recurrent distressing dreams of the
event Acting or feeling as if the traumatic
event were recurring (e.g., flashbacks) Intense psychological distress at
exposure to internal or external cues Physiological reactivity to cue exposure
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Mild TBI and PTSD
Patients who have both MTBI and PTSD report more symptoms than those with TBI alone
Brenner, Ivins, Schwab, et al. J Head trauma Rehabil 2010
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TBI and PTSD: Symptom Overlap
Frequent coexist in the military population
PTSD is more common in those with milder TBIs
Persistent symptoms multifactorial
Memory deficits, balance deficits, irritability, fainting spells, fatigue, sleep disorders, ringing in the ears prevalent in both
Only headache found to be more associated with MTBI
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MTBI and PTSD:Remote Injury
Headache, memory problems, sleep disturbances, fainting, more associated with MTBI than PTSD
Cognitive issues attributed to both conditions
Processing speed and executive functions more impaired in those with TBI and PTSD, as opposed to TBI alone
Treatment is still compensatory techniques and symptomatic
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Athletes and MTBI
Athletes are more susceptible to future MTBI after a MTBI and recover more slowly after multiple MTBIs (Guskiewicz et al., 2003)
Miller et al. (2013) and Lippa et al. (2010) found no difference in self-reported post concussive symptoms in service members and Veterans in the post acute recovery period following multiple concussions
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Imaging Considerations
CT rarely useful
MRI rarely useful
Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging can detect microstructural changes in white matter following (m)TBI that are associated with
Cognitive performance and PCS symptoms (Lipton et al, 2009; Niogi et al, 2008; Wilde et al, 2008)
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Functional Assessment
Work, School, Family relationships, Housing, Legal Financial, Unit/community involvement
Available at http://www.healthquality.va.gov/mtbi/concussion_mtbi_full_1_0.pdf
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General Principles of Management
Symptom based and supportive
Avoid narcotics and benzodiazepines
Avoid iatrogenic impairments
Interdisciplinary
Value their symptom reports
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Symptoms Seen In MTBI
Headache
Visual
Vestibular and Hearing
Sleep Disturbances
Mood/Behavior
Cognitive deficits
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Headache
Episodic
NSAIDS
Triptans
Combinations such as Fioricet, fiorinal, midrin
Chronic daily
Antidepressants-sleep vs. mood
Antiepileptic drugs
Beta blockers
Botulinum toxins
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Vision
Complaints often nonspecific
Saccadic abnormalities twice as high in blast injury
Problems with convergence and accommodation
Treatment may include patching, prisms, vision therapy, surgery
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Vestibular Dysfunction
Damage can occur to the peripheral and/or central nervous systemic
The only sensory system where unilateral injury can cause so much threat to well being
Complaints of unsteadiness, falling, lightheadedness
Consider benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, post traumatic migraine (aura), perilymphatic fistula
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Vestibular Function and Hearing
Temporal bone fractures, especially transverse
Blunt and penetrating and blast injury
Conductive and/or sensorineural hearing loss
Transverse fractures
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Treatment
Hearing aides
Surgery
Vestibular therapy
Medications
Maximize vision
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Sleep Disorders
Insomnia-dissatisfaction with the quality or quantity of sleep
Sleep related breathing disorders
Narcolepsy
Post traumatic hypersomnia
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
Treatment: Lifestyle, medications, CPAP
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Sleep Studies
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Pharmacologic Management
Treating the symptoms
Avoid cognitively impairing medications
Role of melatonin
Limiting medications; on stone, 2 birds
Treat sleep, anxiety, mood, pain, cognition, hormones
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Return to Life
School
Work
Risk factors are diverse
Usually, good recovery
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Suicide
Risk is greater in males than females by 4-5:1
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“Evidence Based Medicine”
What precipitates it?
What factors influence it? Finances, interest….
Who is it done on?
How is it used? Negative
Length of follow up
Negative studies
“Controlled”
Medical creativity
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Implications for Future
Considerations Blast injuries are leading to changes in
safety technology
Increase in screening procedures for returning soldiers
Need to clarify role of gender and age differences as modifying factors
Currently, limiting exposure is the only way to prevent injury
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Closing Thoughts
Psychological comorbidities can complicate management or not
Symptomatology is real
The brain it happened to, is the brain it happened to
Understanding and treatment is an art; a work in progress
Consider the culture of injured person
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Closing Thoughts
Basic principles of Brain Injury Medicine apply
Treatment is primarily symptom based
Limit sedating, cognitively impairing medications
Listening: a lost art
Create a supportive environment
Avoid creating a professional patient/lifer
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