Severe Traumatic Brain Injury with Dr. Dana Klavansky
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March 13, 2026 · 23 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the evaluation and management of severe traumatic brain injury with insights from Dr. Dana Klavansky.
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and Dr. Dana Klavansky, MD discuss the March 2026 Emergency Medicine Practice article, Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Introduction & Welcome (0:15) Guest Introduction (0:55) Epidemiology of Severe TBI (2:37) Pathophysiology: Primary vs. Secondary TBI (4:24) Types of Hemorrhage and Hematomas (5:25) Classification (7:31) Mild vs. Moderate vs. Severe TBI Impact Loading vs. Inertial Loading Differential Diagnosis (9:22) Prehospital Care (9:42) Emergency Department History (13:33) Diagnostics (15:13) CT Scan and the A-B-B-B-C Approach Repeat CT Timing Bedside Ultrasound for Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Pupillometry Biomarkers Treatment (24:52) Airway Management Ventilation and CO2 Targets Hyperosmolar Therapy: Hypertonic Saline and Mannitol Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Blood Pressure Goals Temperature Management Coagulopathy Management Seizure Prophylaxis and EEG Monitoring Tiered ICP Management (35:29) Surgical Indications (38:40) Prognosis (40:33) Special Topics (41:30) Sports Injuries and CTE Tranexamic Acid (CRASH-3 Trial) Wrap-Up (43:46) Subscribers, take the CME test here . Emergency Medicine…
People in this episode
Host: Sam Ashoo, MD
Guests: Dr. Dana Klavansky, MD, Dr. Dana Klavansky
Topics covered
- Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
- Emergency Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Treatment
- Prognosis
Keywords
- traumatic brain injury
- TBI
- emergency medicine
- diagnostics
- treatment
- epidemiology
- pathophysiology
- surgical indications
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
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