CLASSIFICATION OF CRANIAL TRAUMA. CHAPTER III. TERMS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY DIAGNOSIS AND PRINCIPLES OF ITS CONSTRUCTION

This article deals with detailed classification of cranial trauma from practical experience of Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute. Focal and diffuse brain injuries were detailed. Description of levels of consciousness of patients with cranial trauma: clear consciousness, mediocre and severe deafening, coma — mediocre, deep and terminal. Criteria of definition of general patient conditions by general, brainstem and local symptoms were described. Correspondence of clinical diagnosis with ICD–10 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems) was showed.

Cranial trauma, classification, focal and diffuse brain injuries, level of consciousness of patients with cranial trauma, definition of general patient conditions