Preventing Secondary Brain Injury Post Arrest

Secondary brain injury is caused by an inbalance between cerebral metabolic demand and the energy substrats. There are many causes of secondary brain injury after cardiacres including micro circulatory disfunction, excit toxicity, inflammation, cerebral edema, impaired auto regulation, fever, shivering and seizures. The goal of t t m is really to reduce the cerebral metabalic demands and prevent fever. It's also important to recognize that there's no one size fits all approach in cardiacoress management.