Vos / Diaz-Arrastia Traumatic Brain Injury

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-65632-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, E-Book

Traumatic Brain Injury provides practical, neurologicalguidance to the diagnosis and management of patients who sufferfrom traumatic brain injury.
Taking a "patient journey" in traumatic brain injury,from prehospital management to the emergency department, intorehabilitation and finally reemergence in the community, itdemonstrates how neurologists can facilitate recovery at all pointsalong the way. It provides guidelines and algorithms to helpsupport patients with brain injury within trauma centers, inposttraumatic care following discharge, and with mild traumaticbrain injury not requiring immediate hospitalization.
From an international team of expert editors and contributors,Traumatic Brain Injury is a valuable resource forneurologists, trainee neurologists, and others working withpatients with traumatic brain injury.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vos, Pieter

Diaz-Arrastia, Ramon

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors vii
Preface x
Acknowledgments xii
Part I: Introduction and imaging
1 The clinical problem of traumatic head injury 3
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia and Pieter E. Vos
2 Neuroimaging in traumatic brain injury 13
Pieter E. Vos Carlos Marquez de la Plata and RamonDiaz-Arrastia
Part II: Prehospital and ED care
3 Out-of-hospital management in traumatic brain injury 45
Peter R.G. Brink
4 Emergency department evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury55
Noel S. Zuckerbraun C. Christopher King and Rachel P.Berger
5 In-hospital observation for mild traumatic brain injury71
Pieter E. Vos and Dafin F. Muresanu
Part III: In hospital
6 ICU care: surgical and medical management--indicationsfor immediate surgery 89
Peter S. Amenta and Jack Jallo
7 ICU care: surgical and medical management--neurologicalmonitoring and treatment 115
Luzius A. Steiner
8 ICU care: surgical and medical management--systemictreatment 134
Lori Shutter
Part IV: Rehabilitation
9 Rehabilitation of cognitive deficits after traumatic braininjury 165
Philippe Azouvi and Claire Vallat-Azouvi
Part V: Postacute care and community in reintegration
10 Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury 183
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia and Kimbra Kenney
11 Neuropsychiatric and behavioral sequelae 192
Kathleen F. Pagulayan and Jesse R. Fann
12 Follow-up and community integration of mild traumatic braininjury 211
Joukje van der Naalt and Joke M. Spikman
Index 226

Über Autor(innen)

Pieter E. Vos, Department of Neurology, Radbound University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA