Advocating a pragmatic and multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with brain injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury provides a detailed description of care along the whole-patient pathway. Delivering an evidence-based update on the optimal care of both adult and paediatric patients who have sustained injuries ranging from mild to severe, information from on-going multi-centre studies in neurotrauma is included. The basic scientific principles of neuropathology, head injury research and scoring systems are presented before detailed sections on emergency department care, patient transfer, intensive care and longer-term care. Rehabilitation is reviewed in detail with chapters discussing the aims and roles of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and neuropsychology amongst others. Discussing medico-legal issues in detail, the effect of injury on the individual and their family are also examined. Emphasising a holistic approach to caring for patients with brain injuries, this is an essential guide for all involved.

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Yes, you can access Traumatic Brain Injury by Peter C. Whitfield,Jessie Welbourne,Elfyn Thomas,Fiona Summers,Maggie Whyte,Peter J. Hutchinson in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicina & Neurología. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2020

Print ISBN

9781108430869

eBook ISBN

9781108359795

Edition

Topic

Medicina

Subtopic

Neurología

Cover
Half-title page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword to First Edition
Foreword to Second Edition
Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Head Injury
Chapter 2 The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 3 Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 4 Clinical Assessment of the Head-Injured Patient
Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in Trauma
Chapter 6 Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury
Chapter 7 Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury
Chapter 8 Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury
Chapter 9 Interhospital Transfer of Brain-Injured Patients
Chapter 10 Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management
Chapter 11 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury
Chapter 12 Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury
Chapter 13 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care: Optimising Brain Physiology
Chapter 14 Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care: Beyond the Brain
Chapter 15 Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation
Chapter 16 Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery
Chapter 17 Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients
Chapter 18 Craniofacial Trauma: Injury Patterns and Management
Chapter 19 Cranioplasty after Head Injury
Chapter 20 Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury
Chapter 21 Paediatric Head Injury Management
Chapter 22 Assessment of Cognition and Capacity
Chapter 23 Families: Effective Communication and Facilitating Adjustment
Chapter 24 Principles of Rehabilitation
Chapter 25 MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury
Chapter 26 Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
Chapter 27 Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation
Chapter 28 Outcomes and Prognosis
Chapter 29 Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury
Index

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