The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
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A significant improvement in patient outcomes can be achieved by in-hospital interventions aimed at the prevention of secondary brain injury. The Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury is a scientific, evidence-based document that evaluates the current evidence for practice and interventions to reduce secondary brain injury and improve outcome for traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients. ⋯ Head injury care requires an interdisciplinary approach involving emergency room personnel, trauma nurses, and critical care nurses. Critical care nurses will find this document especially applicable because secondary brain injuries are often the result of events that occur in the ICU setting: hypoxemia, hypotension, and intracranial hypertension.