Severe head trauma, with or without polytrauma, subarachnoid haemorrhage due to aneurysm rupture, is an unexpected tragedy for patients and their families. These accidents are likely to result in extremely serious neurological damage, with many of the patients under our care facing a life-threatening prognosis. To protect the brain, one solution is to put the patient into a deep sleep during the so-called "acute" phase, making it impossible to assess the repercussions of the initial injuries at the time: this is what we call "waiting resuscitation".
Keywords: Acsos; brain injury; cérébrolésé; hypertension intracrânienne; intracranial hypertension; resuscitation; réanimation; severe head trauma; traumatisme crânien grave.
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