Brain trauma care in intensive care: an integrative literature review

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21727/rpu.v17i1.5222

Abstract

Introduction: Traumatic brain injury is one of the main causes of hospitalization in intensive care units, requiring specialized attention and systematized interventions on the part of the healthcare team. Objective: To analyze national and international publications on the care provided to patients with traumatic brain injury admitted to intensive care units. Methods: This is a descriptive literature review with a qualitative approach. The studies were identified by searching the secondary database of the Virtual Health Library. The data for this study was collected between October and November 2024, using the following Health Sciences Descriptors and their Boolean combinations to conduct the search in the databases mentioned above: Intensive Care Units AND Head Trauma, combined with the Boolean operator AND, in order to guarantee the relevance and accuracy of the results obtained. Results: 12 scientific articles published in national and international journals were analyzed. The national and international studies show a predominance of traumatic brain injuries in young men, often caused by motorcycle accidents, followed by falls from a height and car accidents. The main complications include intracranial hemorrhage and neurological sequelae. Final considerations: Analysis of the data presented shows that traumatic brain injury remains a significant public health problem, mainly associated with motorcycle accidents, falls and car crashes.

Keywords: Nursing Care, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Intensive Care Units.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Maria Luiza Maués de Sena, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA)

Mestre em Enfermagem pelo Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Pará (PPGENF/UFPA). Belém, Pará, Brasil. 

Ana Katharina Marques da Silva, Centro Universitário do Pará (CESUPA)

Pós graduanda em Terapia Intensiva Adulto, Centro Universitário do Pará (CESUPA). Belém, Pará, Brasil. 

Isabel Samita Ferreira Moraes, Centro Universitário do Pará (CESUPA)

Pós graduanda em Terapia Intensiva Adulto, Centro Universitário do Pará (CESUPA). Belém, Pará, Brasil. 

Downloads

Published

2026-04-30

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 1 (2026): Revista Pró-UniverSUS V 17 N 1

Section

Nursing

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Maria Luiza Maués de Sena, Ana Katharina Marques da Silva, Isabel Samita Ferreira Moraes

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which allows sharing the work with acknowledgement of authorship and initial publication through this journal.

This license lets others distribute, remix, adapt and create upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. It is the most flexible license of all available. It is recommended for maximizing the dissemination and use of the licensed materials.

Authors are permitted to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g. by posting it to an institutional repository or as a chapter in a book), with acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

See the full legal text of the license at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/