A nurse is assigned to a 75-year-old patient with head trauma secondary to falling down the stairs at home. The patient is stable initially, complaining of headache and some dizziness, but no focal neurologic signs. That evening, the patient acutely becomes altered and rapidly loses consciousness. Which of the following most likely explains this patient’s condition?
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