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Traumatic Brain Injury
Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
March 10, 2017
Cherry Junn, M.D.Pinella Holder, D.O.
University of Washington
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Disclosures
None
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Objectives• Able to define TBI using CDC criteria• Able to identify:
– the leading cause of TBI in US for ED visits, hospitalizations and deaths
• Able to describe:– Pathophysiology of TBI
• Primary and Secondary • Focal and Diffuse
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Pre-test
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Question 1• What is the most common cause of TBI-related ED visits, hospitalizations and deaths in United States?A. MVCB. Falls C. AssaultsD. UnknownE. Struck by/against events
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Question 2• Overall rates of TBI presenting for ED visit is highest in which age group?A. 0-4 yearsB. 5-14 yearsC. 15-44 yearsD. 45-64 yearsE. 65 years and older
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Question 3• Diffuse axonal injury is classically seen in following structures except:A. Corpus callosumB. Gray matterC. Basal gangliaD. Internal capsule
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Clinical Diagnosis of TBI
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TBI: Definition•Reasonable mechanism•Subjective/objective report•Imaging findings
•Subjective report•Objective report
Injury to the head
•Data collection
Loss / Decreased level of
consciousness
Objective Neuro/psych findings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/tbi_congress/05_references_appendix.htm
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TBI: Definition• Reasonable mechanism• Subjective/objective report• Imaging findings
Injury to the head
• Subjective report• Objective report
Loss / Decreased level of
consciousness
• Data collectionObjective
Neuro/psych findings
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/tbi_congress/05_references_appendix.htm
Observed?
Intoxicated?Hypotensive?
Baseline Symptoms?
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Diagnose TBI• Reasonable mechanism of injury
A. Blunt traumaB. Penetrating traumaC. Acceleration / deceleration
- MVC- Collision (sports, transportation injuries)
D. Blast
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Neuro Assessment • Objective neuro/psychological abnormalities • History and observation acutely following
trauma• Examples:
–Motor function– Sensory function– Reflexes– Abnormalities of speech– Seizures
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Psych/Behavior Assessment • Objective neuro/psychological abnormalities • Mental status exam• Neuropsychology exam• Examples:
– Disorders of mental status• Disorientation, agitation, confusion
– Other changes in cognition, behavior or personality
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TBI Epidemiology
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Epidemiology• All numbers are from CDC TBI data• Divided into:
– ED visits– Hospitalizations– Deaths
• Age divided into: 0-4, 5-14, 15-24, 25-44, 45-64, 65 and older
• http://www.cdc.gov/traumaticbraininjury/data/
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Epidemiology• Overall 2.5 million emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or deaths were associated with TBI in the US (2010)– Contributed to death of more than 50,000 people – Diagnosis in more than 280,000 hospitalizations and 2.2 million ED visits
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Epidemiology from 2001-2010• Rates of TBI-related ED
visits: – Increased by 70%
• Rates of TBI-related hospitalizations:– Increased by 11%
• Death rates related to TBI:– Decreased by 7%
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Definition• Cause of injury: a description followed by the CDC that would allow for public health tracking and interventions– e.g.) assault, falls, MVC
• Mechanism of injury: description used medically to help us describe to each other the type(s) of external forces that were exerted on the brain– e.g.) blunt force trauma, sharp force trauma (penetrating), acceleration/deceleration forces, blast
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Epidemiology: Causes
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Epidemiology: Causes (Fall)• From 2006-2010, falls were the leading cause of all TBI – 40% of all TBIs in the US that resulted in ED visit, hospitalization, or death
• Falls disproportionately affect the youngest and oldest age groups– 55% of TBIs among children (0-14)– 81% of TBIs in adults aged 65 and older
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Epidemiology: Causes (blunt trauma)
• Unintentional blunt trauma is the second leading causes of overall TBI – 15% of all TBIs in the US from 2006-2010– 24% of all TBIs in children less than 15
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Epidemiology: Causes (MVC)• In all age groups, 3rd leading cause of all TBI was MVC (14%)
• TBI-related deaths: – MVC: the second leading cause (2006-2010)
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Epidemiology: Deaths• Men are 3 times likely to die as women
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Epidemiology: Deaths• Highest rate: 65 years and older• Leading cause of death varied by age
– For 65 and older: Falls– For children and young adults (5-24): MVC– For children (0-4): assaults
•• Leading cause of death overall: Leading cause of death overall: –– Firearm Firearm
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Epidemiology: non-fatal TBI (ED)
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Epidemiology: non-fatal TBI (ED)• Men had higher rates for hospitalization and ED visits
• ED visit rates highest among children (0-4)• Leading cause of ED visits:
– Falls in all age group except for 15-24 age group (assaults)
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Epidemiology• From 2001 to 2009, the rate of ED visits for sports and recreation-related injuries with a diagnosis of concussion or TBI rose 57% among children (age 19 or younger)
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Epidemiology: non-fatal TBI (hospitalization)
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Epidemiology: non-fatal TBI (hospitalization)
• Hospitalization rates highest among 65 and older
• Leading causes of hospitalization varied by age:– For children 0-14 and adults 45 and older: falls– For ages 15-44: MVC
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Epidemiology: Severity • Mild: 80%• Moderate: 10%• Severe: 10%
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Epidemiology• 40% of people hospitalized with TBI report at least one ongoing issue at one year after
• At least 5.3 million Americans have a need for long-term or lifelong assistance with ADLs from TBI
• Direct medical and indirect lost productivity costs estimated at $60 billion in 2000
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Epidemiology: Military • 30% of service members evacuated between 2003 and 2005 had sustained a TBI
• Leading causes: – Blast injury 72%– Falls 11%– Vehicular incidents 6%– Injuries caused by fragments 5%– Other injuries 6%
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Key points: Epidemiology• FALLS were the leading cause for overall TBI in 2006-2010– Disproportionally affect the youngest (0-14 years) and oldest age groups (65 and older)
• Unintentional blunt trauma was the second most common cause for overall
• Assaults was the least common mechanism overall
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Key points: Epidemiology• Over the past decade (2001-2010), while rates of TBI-related ED visits increased by 70%, hospitalization rates only increased by 11 % and death rates decreased by 7%
• Leading cause of TBI-related deaths varied by age:– Assault: 0-4 years–Motor vehicle crash: 5-24 years– Fall: 65 years and older
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TBI Pathophysiology
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Definition• Cause of injury: a description followed by the CD that would allow for public health tracking and interventions
• Mechanism of injury: description used medically to help us describe to each other the type(s) of external forces that were exerted on the brain
• Pathophysiology of injury: description of the injury that is seen in the brain from the sub-cellular to gross anatomy range
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Pathological Injury Classification• Anatomical:
– Focal – Diffuse
• Pathophysiological:– Primary– Secondary
• Mechanistic:– Impact– Inertial loading– Penetrating– Blast
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Pathological Injury ClassificationDiffuse Brain Injury Focal Brain Injury
Primary Brain Injury - Diffuse axonal injury- Petechial white matter
hemorrhage with diffuse vascular injury
- Focal cortical contusion- Intracerebral
hemorrhage- Extracerebral
hemorrhage
Secondary Brain Injury - Delayed neuronal injury- Diffuse brain swelling- Diffuse ischemic injury- Diffuse hypoxic injury- Diffuse metabolic
dysfunction
- Delayed neuronal injury- Focal brain swelling- Focal ischemic injury- Focal hypoxic injury- Regional metabolic
dysfunction
Yokobori, S and Bullock, MS. Pathobiology of Primary Trauamtic Brain Injury. Brain injury medicine: Principles and practice. Nathan Zasler, Douglas Katz, & Ross D Zafonte. Demos Medical Publishing, 2007: 137-147
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Pathophysiology• Primary injury
– Injury at the moment of impact– Caused by displacement of physical structures
• Secondary injury – Injury through biochemical cascades – Impacts of biochemical cascade may be visualized more grossly, such as in diffuse cerebral edema
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Primary Injury
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Primary Injury • Contusion• Force at the site of the impact or the opposite the impact (Coup-Contrecoup)
• Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)• Metabolic factors (impact depolarization)• Vascular injury• Blast
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Primary Injury• Contusion:
– Bruising of the surface of the brain– Classically involve frontal and temporal lobes
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Primary Injury• Coup-Contrecoup
– Contusion located in diametrically opposite ends– Usually involving frontal (coup) and occipital
(contrecoup) lobes
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Coup-Contrecoup Injury
Case courtesy of Dr Alexandra Stanislavsky, Radiopaedia.org
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Primary Injury• Diffuse Axonal Injury
– Classically affects white matter in areas including corpus callosum, basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebral hemispheres, and brainstem
– Considered to be an important cause of severe disability and vegetative state in survivors• Severe disability is possible with normal CT
– Principal mechanical force responsible: rotational acceleration of the brain
Graham DI, Adams JH, Murray LS, et al: Neuropathology of the vegetative state after head injury. Neuropsychol Rehabil 15:198-213, 2005
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Case courtesy of Dr Alexandra Stanislavsky, Radiopaedia.org
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Diffuse axonal injury.
K.A. Tong et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2008;29:9-17
©2008 by American Society of Neuroradiology
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Primary Injury: DAI• Affects the brain on macroscopic and microscopic level–Macro: Hemorrhage from tearing of blood vessels
–Micro: Increases cell membrane permeability
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Primary Injury: DAI• Thought to be from modified focal axonal sections leading to disruption of axonal transport impairment and axonal swelling, followed by detachment over a period of time
Yokobori, S and Bullock, MS. Pathobiology of Primary Trauamtic Brain Injury. Brain injury medicine: Principles and practice. Nathan Zasler, Douglas Katz, & Ross D Zafonte. Demos Medical Publishing, 2007: 137-147
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Primary Injury: DAI• Acute post-traumatic stage: appear as swollen fibers containing accumulated cytoskeletal proteins
• Over time, swollen axons eventually undergo complete axotomy and undergo Wallerian degeneration – associated with death of oligodendrocytes
Raghupathi, Ramesh. "Cell death mechanisms following traumatic brain injury." Brain pathology 14.2 (2004): 215-222.
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Fig. 1. Representative images of axonal pathology following TBI in humans identified using amyloid precursor protein (APP) immunohistochemistry. (a) Extensive axonal pathology with classic varicosities and axonal bulb formation in the corpus callosum of a young male who died 10 h following blunt force trauma to the head
Johnson, Victoria E., William Stewart, and Douglas H. Smith. "Axonal pathology in traumatic brain injury." Experimental neurology 246 (2013): 35-43.
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Primary Injury• Impact depolarization
– Physical force leading to glutamate release (excitatory)• leads to excitotoxicity (secondary injury)• Even in mild TBI
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Focal Injury
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Pathological Injury Classification• Anatomical:
– Focal – Diffuse
• Pathophysiological:– Primary– Secondary
• Mechanistic:– Impact– Inertial loading– Penetrating– Blast
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Pathological Injury ClassificationDiffuse Brain Injury Focal Brain Injury
Primary Brain Injury - Diffuse axonal injury- Petechial white matter
hemorrhage with diffuse vascular injury
- Focal cortical contusion- Intracerebral
hemorrhage- Extracerebral
hemorrhage
Secondary Brain Injury - Delayed neuronal injury- Diffuse brain swelling- Diffuse ischemic injury- Diffuse hypoxic injury- Diffuse metabolic
dysfunction
- Delayed neuronal injury- Focal brain swelling- Focal ischemic injury- Focal hypoxic injury- Regional metabolic
dysfunction
Yokobori, S and Bullock, MS. Pathobiology of Primary Trauamtic Brain Injury. Brain injury medicine: Principles and practice. Nathan Zasler, Douglas Katz, & Ross D Zafonte. Demos Medical Publishing, 2007: 137-147
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Focal Injury• Epidural hematoma (EDH): most commonly associated with fracture
• Subdural hematoma (SDH): most common seen after head injury, up to 5% of all head injuries
• Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH): primary traumatic SAH has high mortality
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Key Points: Primary Injury• Contusion: bruising of the cortical tissue
– Classically at inferior frontal lobe and anterior temporal lobe
• Diffuse axonal injury (DAI): – Disruption of axons from acceleration/deceleration forces
– Classically seen at corpus callosum, central white matter, midbrain, and the cerebral hemispheres
– Visualized as white matter petechial hemorrhages
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Secondary Injury
Kochanek PM, Clark RSB, Jenkins LW. Pathobiology of Secondary Brain Injury. In: Zasler N, Katz D, Zafonte R. Brain injury medicine: Principles and
Practice. New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing; 2007: 148-161
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Blennow, Kaj, John Hardy, and Henrik Zetterberg. "The neuropathology and neurobiology of traumatic brain injury." Neuron 76.5 (2012): 886-899.
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Secondary Injury• Cascade of biochemical, cellular, and molecular events that occurs hours to days after the initial impact
• Mechanisms include: – Ischemia– Secondary cerebral swelling– Axonal injury– Inflammation
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Secondary Injury
Impact (primary)
Surge of K+ and glutamate (primary)
Brain Swelling
Increased ICP and Decreased CPP
Cellular injury and death
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Secondary Injury: Metabolic Cascade
• Physical trauma disrupts cell membrane integrity
• Rapid shift of Na+ and Cl- results in: – An influx of calcium ions into the cell
– Calcium triggers a proteolysis of cytoskeletal structure
– Cell injury and apoptosisKochanek PM, Clark RSB, Jenkins LW. Pathobiology of Secondary Brain Injury. In: Zasler N, Katz D, Zafonte R. Brain injury medicine: Principles and Practice. New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing;
2007: 148-161
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Secondary Injury: Metabolic Cascade• Burst of excitatory molecules• Release of oxygen free radicals• Inflammation / Arachidonic acid cascade• Loss of blood brain barrier
All of which results in: Increased metabolic demands
Signoretti S, Lazzarino G, Tavazzi B, Vagnozzi R. The pathophysiology of concussion. PM R. 2001; 3: S359 – S368.
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Secondary Injury: Ischemia• Diffuse ischemic injury secondary to:
– Increasing cerebral swelling– Cardiorespiratory arrest – Profound hypotension from other injuries
• Lactate accumulation secondary to the absence of blood flow leads to cellular damage
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Secondary Injury: Swelling• Hallmark finding in severe TBI, leading to increased ICP – Compromise cerebral perfusion
– Herniation
Kochanek PM, Clark RSB, Jenkins LW. Pathobiology of Secondary Brain Injury. In: Zasler N, Katz D, Zafonte R. Brain injury medicine: Principles and Practice. New York, NY: Demos Medical Publishing; 2007:
148-161
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Cell Death• Apoptotic and necrotic neurons seen within contusions in the acute post-traumatic period and in regions remote from the site of impact in the days and weeks after trauma
• Degenerating oligodendrocytes and astrocytes also seen within injured white matter tracks
Raghupathi, Ramesh. "Cell death mechanisms following traumatic brain injury." Brain pathology 14.2 (2004): 215-222.
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DAI grade• Centripetal Injury aka DAI
– Grade 1• Histologic evidence of axonal damage• No focal injury on imaging
– Grade 2• Imaging indicates a focal lesion in corpus callosum
– Grade 3• Brainstem lesion on imaging
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Neurotransmitter Dysfunction
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Neurotransmitter Dysfunction• Acute alterations of cerebral neurotransmitter levels seen after the injury possibly from stretching and straining forces to the brain
• Excess neurotransmitter (“neurotransmitter storm”) is thought to contribute to the early neuropathophysiology of TBI
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Why care about neurotransmitters?• Glutamate: mediator of excitatory signals for normal brain function
• Dopamine: motor movement, mood, and possibly arousal
• Norepinephrine: attention • Serotonin: cognitive function & stabilizing and modulating brain function as well as mood–Most disrupted by DAI
• Acetylcholine: memory & motor function
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Glutamate • Elevated within minutes and peak over the first 48 hrs
• Principal neurotoxic effect is attributable to excess activation of NMDA receptor
• Also drives glucose utilization past brain’s capacity, resulting in toxic accumulations of lactate Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology
Online Edition
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Catecholamines• Epinephrine
• Norepinephrine
• Dopamine
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Catecholamines• Intracerebral level increased in immediate post-injury period– Persistent elevation of dopamine and norepinephrine are inconsistently associated with poor outcome
• May contribute to post-traumatic cognitive and other neuropsychiatric disturbances
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Serotonin • Serotonergic efferents are particularly vulnerable to secondary neurotoxicity
• In humans, ventricular CSF sampling shows increased serotonin in immediate post-injury period
• Level may differ in focal vs diffuse injury– Decreased in focal frontotemporal contusion– Increased with diffuse injuries
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Acetylcholine • Elevated in immediate post-injury period • Contribute to acute alterations of arousal • There maybe early post-injury cholinergic
excess followed by development of late cerebral cholinergic deficits
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Questions
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Question 1• What is the most common cause of TBI-related ED visits, hospitalizations and deaths in United States?A. MVCB. Falls C. AssaultsD. UnknownE. Struck by/against events
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Answer 1
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Question 2• Overall rates of TBI presenting for ED visit is highest in which age group?A. 0-4 yearsB. 5-14 yearsC. 15-44 yearsD. 45-64 yearsE. 65 years and older
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Answer 2
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Question 3• Diffuse axonal injury is classically seen in following structures except:A. Corpus callosumB. Gray matterC. Basal gangliaD. Internal capsule
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Primary Injury• Diffuse Axonal Injury
– Classically affects white matter in areas including corpus callosum, basal ganglia, thalamus, cerebral hemispheres, internal capsule, and brainstem
Graham DI, Adams JH, Murray LS, et al: Neuropathology of the vegetative state after head injury. Neuropsychol Rehabil 15:198-213, 2005
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Question 4• Grade 2 Diffuse axonal injury imaging indicates a focal lesion in the:A. Corpus callosumB. Brainstem lesionC. No Focal injury on imagingD. All of the aboveE. None of the above
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DAI grade• Centripetal Injury aka DAI
– Grade 1• Histologic evidence of axonal damage• No focal injury on imaging
– Grade 2• Imaging indicates a focal lesion in corpus callosum
– Grade 3• Brainstem lesion on imaging
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Question 5• Which of the following is an example of a primary mechanism of brain injury?A. Cerebral edemaB. Focal ischemic injuryC. Free radical damageD. Diffuse axonal injury
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Primary Mechanism• Traumatic axonal injury, also refer to as diffuse axonal injury, is a source of primary traumatic brain injury.
• DAI occurs with shearing forces of white matter
• Other sources of primary brain injury mechanism include cerebral contusions of gray matter, vascular injuries, contusions, and laceration that occurred at the moment of impact
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Question 6• In diffuse axonal injury, influx of which ion is responsible for inducing cytoskeletal degradation?A. Na+
B. K+
C. Ca2+
D. H+
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Diffuse axonal injury• Influx of Ca2+ causes activation of the calpain (calcium-activated neutral proteases) system which results in proteolysis of intracellular proteins including cytoskeletal proteins
• In in vitro study, activation of calpain may be predominantly associated with necrotic cell death
• In vitro study also suggest that low intracellular Ca2+ may selectively initiate apoptotic pathways
• It maybe more complicated in traumatic insults
Raghupathi, Ramesh. "Cell death mechanisms following traumatic brain injury." Brain pathology 14.2 (2004): 215-222.
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