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In [[emergency medicine]], a lucid interval is a temporary improvement in a patient's condition after a [[traumatic brain injury]], after which the condition deteriorates. A lucid interval is especially indicative of an [[epidural hematoma]]. After the injury, the patient is momentarily dazed or [[coma|knocked out]], and then becomes relatively lucid for a period of time which can last minutes or hours. Thereafter there is rapid decline as the [[blood]] collects within the [[skull]], causing a rise in [[intracranial pressure]], which damages [[brain]] tissue. In addition, some patients may develop "[[pseudoaneurysm]]s" after trauma which can eventually burst and bleed, a factor which might account for the delay in loss of consciousness.<ref name="">{{cite journal | last =Roski | first =RA | authorlink = | coauthors =Owen M, White RJ, Takaoka Y, Bellon EM | title =Middle meningeal artery trauma | journal = Surgical Neurology| volume =17 | issue =3 | pages = 200-203| publisher =Elsevier Science Inc | date =1981 | url = | doi = | id =PMID | accessdate =2007-02-06 }} </ref> | |||
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Because a patient may have a lucid interval, any head trauma should be regarded as a medical emergency and warrants [[emergency medicine|emergency medical treatment]] even if the patient is conscious. | Because a patient may have a lucid interval, any head trauma should be regarded as a medical emergency and warrants [[emergency medicine|emergency medical treatment]] even if the patient is conscious. | ||
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Overview
In emergency medicine, a lucid interval is a temporary improvement in a patient's condition after a traumatic brain injury, after which the condition deteriorates. A lucid interval is especially indicative of an epidural hematoma. After the injury, the patient is momentarily dazed or knocked out, and then becomes relatively lucid for a period of time which can last minutes or hours. Thereafter there is rapid decline as the blood collects within the skull, causing a rise in intracranial pressure, which damages brain tissue. In addition, some patients may develop "pseudoaneurysms" after trauma which can eventually burst and bleed, a factor which might account for the delay in loss of consciousness.[1]
Because a patient may have a lucid interval, any head trauma should be regarded as a medical emergency and warrants emergency medical treatment even if the patient is conscious.
Delayed cerebral edema, a very serious and potentially fatal condition in which the brain swells dramatically, may follow a lucid interval that occurs after a minor head trauma.[2]
Lucid intervals may also occur in conditions other than traumatic brain injury, such as heat stroke[3] and the postictal phase after a seizure in epileptic patients.[4]
References
- ↑ Roski, RA (1981). "Middle meningeal artery trauma". Surgical Neurology. Elsevier Science Inc. 17 (3): 200–203. PMID. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Kors, EE (2001). "Delayed cerebral edema and fatal coma after minor head trauma: role of the CACNA1A calcium channel subunit gene and relationship with familial hemiplegic migraine". Annals of Neurology. 49 (6): 753–760. PMID 11409427. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Casa, DJ (2005). "Exertional heat stroke in competitive athletes". Current Sports Medicine Reports. 4 (6): 309–317. PMID 16282032. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (help);|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Nishida, T (2005). "Postictal mania associated with frontal lobe epilepsy". Epilepsy and Behavior. 6 (1): 102–110. PMID 15652742. Unknown parameter
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