Primary Versus Secondary Brain Injury

Brain swelling occurs early due to an increase in cerebral blood volume, while brain edema occurs later due to an increase in brain water volume.

Vasogenic edema

Exhibiting a lucid interval prior to rapid deterioration

<p>From shearing of the bridging veins between the pia-arachnoid and the dura</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>High-density extracerebral masses</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Excitotoxicity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Acceleration–deceleration and rotational forces that cause shearing upon impact</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is amenable to medical intervention</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ischemia, excitotoxicity, energy failure, and apoptosis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Primary injury initiates a cascade of events that leads to secondary injury, which can further exacerbate the primary injury</p> Signup and view all the answers