A practical guide for physicians who are involved in the care of patients with neurotrauma, succinctly and thoroughly covering a synopsis of the problems associated with head and spinal cord injuries, and presenting the clinical approach to neural trauma. The handbook is divided into four thematic sections: a brief introduction to the problems of head and spine injury in society; management of head injury from prehospital care through rehabilitation; an analogous section on management of spine injury; and a section on general themes germane to trauma care systems. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Emphasizing the practical approaches to complex clinical management problems in neurotrauma, this work: explores prevention and prehospital care; discusses emergency assessment and surgical and nonsurgical management; and considers important aspects of neurocritical care.
"The Problem of Head and Spine Injury Epidemiology of Brain Injury, Dee
Vernberg and Kester J. Nedd Prevention of Spinal Cord and Head Injury, E.
Fletcher Eyster Head Injury Head and Spinal Injury: Prehospital Care, Ameen
I. Ramzy, J. Michael Parry, and Jonathan Greenberg Management of Head Injury
in the Multitrauma Setting, Douglas M. Hinson and Philip R. Militello
Emergency Room Assessment of the Head Injury Patient, Aizik L. Wolf
Neuroradiological Imaging of Head Trauma, Wendy A. Cohen Craniofacial
Injuries, Stuart N. Kline and Mark R. Stevens Skull Base Trauma, Mark A.
Lizak and Thomas J. Balkany The Management of Cranio-orbital Trauma, Linda
Sternau Pediatric Head Injury: Special Considerations, Keith A. Tucci and
Larry K. Page Systemic Sequelae of Head Injury: An Overview, Jonathan
Greenberg The Central Nervous Systems and Fluid Balance, Thomas G. Saul and
Michael I. Stanley Hemodynamic Monitoring, Albert J. Varon and Joseph M.
Civetta Metabolic Requirements and Nutrition, Patricia M. Byers and Clifford
S. Restler Head Injury and Seizures, Howard J. Landy Intracranial Pressure
Monitoring, Daniel J. Scodary and Thomas G. Saul Medical Management of
Intracranial Hypertension, Jonathan Greenberg Transcranial Doppler, Cerebral
Blood Flow, and Evoked Potential Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit, Roger
E. Kelley Acute Brainstem Injury: A Subgroup of Diffuse Axonal Injury with
Unusual Presentation and Treatment Considerations, Jonathan Greenberg
Anesthetic Considerations in Head-Injured Patients, G. Fred Brindle Surgical
Management of Head Injury, Jonathan Greenburg Central Nervous System
Infection in Head and Spine Trauma, Joseph C. Chan Neurosurgical Critical
Care Nursing: Head Injuries, Nancy E. Villanueva and Lynda Bell Early
Rehabilitation Intervention in Traumatic Brain Injury, Kester J. Nedd,
Bernard Brucker, and Dee Vernberg Brain Death and Organ Donation, Jonathan
Greenberg and Leslie Olson Spine Injury Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes, Duncan
Q. McBride Emergency Room Assessment and Stabilization of Spinal Injury,
Guillermo A. Pasarin and Barth A. Green Neuroradiological Evaluation of
Spinal Injury, Jonathan Greenberg Pharmacological Resuscitation After Spinal
Cord Injury, James E. Wilberger, Jr. Systemic Sequelae of Spinal Cord Injury:
An Overview, Philip A. Villanueva Cardiopulmonary Management of Spinal Cord
Injury, Bradley H. Ruben Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries, Ronaldo S.
Carneiro, E. Anne Ouelette, and John A. McAuliffe Nonoperative Treatment and
Orthotic Management of Spinal Fractures, Dan S. Cohen and Gaetano J. Scuderi
Anesthetic Management Considerations in Spine-Injured Patients, Sylvia Baier
Surgical Management of Cervical Spine Injury, Jonathan Greenberg and Dan S.
Cohen Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Fractures, Nathan H. Lebwohl and
John K. Starr Management of Conus and Caunda Equina Injuries, Raj Murali
Neurosurgical Critical Care Nursing: Spine Injuries, Lynda Bell and Nancy E.
Villanueva Psychosocial Management of Spinal Cord Injury Patients, Katharine
S. Westie General Neurotrauma Considerations Medicolegal Issues in Trauma
Care, Norman M. Waas and Jonathan Greenberg The Development of Neurotrauma
Systems and Centers: Their Evaluation and Accreditation, Donald D. Sheffel "
