Endocrinal Abnormalities Following Head Injury

Abstract

Severe head injury still continues to be a great challenge and outcome is still depressing. Hence, many other aspects get neglected in severe head injury. The marked improvement in life support measures for patients following traumatic brain injury has kept more patients alive after injury than was true earlier. Neurosurgeons and the family members of the patients of head injury are often happy by the mere fact that the person survives severe head injury. The assessment of pituitary function is an infrequent consideration in the acute or long-term management of patients sustaining traumatic brain injury. Surprisingly, hormonal abnormality is also reported following minor head injury as well. Recently there is a lot of interest in evaluation of endocrine problems in survivors of severe head injury. In fact quality of life can be improved by proper hormonal replacement.

Keywords

endocrinopathy - head injury - hormone replacement

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