Approach to traumatic brain injury Quiz: Ace Your Exams

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A 28-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department (ED) following a high-speed motor vehicle collision in which she was a restrained passenger. Emergency responders report that she was unresponsive on the scene and was intubated for airway protection. In the ED, her temperature is 36.4 ºC (97.5 ºF), pulse is 82/min, blood pressure is 105/77 mmHg, and SpO2 is 100% on a ventilator. Primary and secondary surveys demonstrate a secure airway (intubated), equal breath sounds bilaterally, palpable and symmetric distal pulses with two peripheral IVs in place, a GCS of 3, equal and sluggishly reactive pupils, and scattered abrasions and ecchymoses without any lacerations or bony deformities. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the head shows diffuse punctate hyperdensities along the gray-white matter junction and deep white matter. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? 

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