
- 272 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Spinal Cord Injuries aims to provide information on the problems associated with the treatment and management of patients with spinal cord injuries and guidance on the appropriate methods of treatment. It also highlights the growing role of anesthetists as vital members of the medical teams in accident and emergency and trauma units, in the intensive care environment and in the relief of pain.This book is organized into 13 chapters. The first two chapters deal with the pathophysiology and initial care for spinal cord injury patients. The succeeding chapters discuss the emergency room care, anesthetic management, intensive care management, chronic care, and nursing care for spinal cord injuries. The final two chapters are about trend in spinal cord injury research and the legal and moral issues associated with the treatments of spinal cord injuries.This book will be of interest to anesthetists and other medical professionals dealing with spinal cord injuries.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Contributors
- Chapter 1. Pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury
- Chapter 2. Initial care of spinal cord injury
- Chapter 3. Emergency room care of the patient with spinal cord injury
- Chapter 4. Anaesthetic management of acute spinal cord injury
- Chapter 5. Associated injuries
- Chapter 6. Intensive care management of spinal cord injury
- Chapter 7. Anaesthetic care for spinal injuries: parenteral nutrition
- Chapter 8. Chronic care of spinal cord injury
- Chapter 9. Nursing care of spinal cord injuries
- Chapter 10. Assessment and management of the patient with spinal cord injury and pain
- Chapter 11. Anaesthesia for non-traumatic spinal disease
- Chapter 12. Trends in spinal cord injury research
- Chapter 13. Moral and legal issues in the treatment of patients with spinal cord injuries
- Index