Full Description
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.
Contents
1. Epidemiology of Head Injury Giles Critchley, Imogen Rogers and Anjum Memon; 2. The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury David Hilton; 3. Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury Ciaran S. Hill and Hiren C. Patel; 4. Clinical Assessment of the Head Injured Patient Amr H. Mohamed, Peter C. Whitfield and Deva S. Jeyaretna; 5. Neuroimaging in Trauma Won Hyung A. Ryu, Jonathan Coles and Clare N. Gallagher; 6. Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury Antoinette Edwards, Fiona Lecky and Laura White; 7. Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury Anthony Kehoe; 8. Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury Mark Wilson; 9. Interhosptial Transfer or Brain Injured Patients Thomas Price, Gareth Allen and Robbie Thorpe; 10. Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management Martin Smith; 11. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury Adam J Wells, Peter Smielewski, Rikin A. Trivedi and Peter J. Hutchinson; 12. Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury Tamara Tajsic, Andrew Gvozdanovic, Ivan Timofeev and Peter J. Hutchinson; 13. Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care: Optimising Brain Physiology Chiara Robba and Rowan Burnstein; 14. Therapeutic Options in Critical Care - Beyond the Brain Matthew J. C. Thomas and Richard Protheroe; 15. Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation Mark Sair and Martin B. Walker; 16. Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery Nicola Pilkington and W Hiu Lam; 17. Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients Jane Halliday, Peter C Whitfield and Puneet Plaha; 18. Craniofacial Trauma: Injury Patterns and Management Kathrin J. Whitehouse and Paul McArdle; 19. Cranioplasty after Head Injury Stephen Honeybul; 20. Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury Ellie Edlmann and Peter C Whitfield; 21. Paediatric Head Injury Management Greg James; 22. Assessment of Capacity and Cognition Maggie Whyte and Fiona Summers; 23. Families: Effective Communication and Facilitating Adjustment Fiona Summers, Helen Gooday, Maggie Whyte and Camilla Herbert; 24. Principles of Rehabilitation Jonathan J. Evans; 25. MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury Judith Fewings, Ann-Marie Pringle, Thérèse Lebedis and Maggie Whyte; 26. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Jonathon J. Evans, Ceri Trevethan, Jackie Hamilton, Bruce Downey, Lindsey Beedie and Emma Hepburn; 27. Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation Brian O'Neill, Catherine Best and Matt Jamieson; 28. Outcomes and Prognosis Helen M. K. Gooday; 29. Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury Peter C. Whitfield and Peter J. Hutchinson.
