Disturbances of heart rhythm and even cardiac arrest may occur incase of severe cranio-cerebral trauma. These phenomena occurafter traumatic shock and brain injuries are not serious if the patient responds well to therapy resuscitation.
A patient with head trauma should be monitored continuously untilcomplete recovery, because treatment can occur during variouscardiac arrhythmias, supraventricular tachycardia, bradycardia, orhypertension.
When hypertension is associated with bradycardia, the phenomenon is called Cushing's reaction. "
The most common cardiac arrhythmias may occur in a patient withhead trauma are sinus bradycardia, supraventricular tachycardia,nodal rhythm and heart block. ECG changes (ECG) are the most common T-wave inversion and ST segment changes.
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