Management of brain-injured children /
Appleton, Richard,1955-
Baldwin, Tony.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Epidemiology : incidence, causes, severity and outcome / Richard Appleton -- Resuscitation and acute treatment of brain injuries (traumatic and atraumatic) / Jane Ratcliffe -- Head (brain) injury rehabilitation team / Richard Appleton, Liz Furlong, and Tony Baldwin -- Immediate medical and nursing needs / Liz Furlong, Julie Sellars, Tamsyn Doyle and Richard Appleton -- Assessment and management of physical (motor and functional) difficulties / Nicola Henderson, Eileen Kinley, Sue Loughran with contributions from Susie Harrison, Paul Ritson, and Juliet Weston -- Assessment and management of feeding and swallowing difficulties / Helen Gore and Suzanne Wood --
Speech and language difficulties / Helen Gore and Suzanne Wood -- Cognitive problems / Tony Baldwin, Colin Demellweek, Peter Rankin and Fran Carleton -- Emotional, behavioural, psychiatric and social problems / Colin Demellweek, Peter Rankin, and Tony Baldwin -- The impact of brain injury on the family / Colin Demellweek and Richard Appleton -- Community liaison / Jackie Gregg and Tony Baldwin -- Prevention of brain injury / Jackie Gregg and Richard Appleton -- The future / Richard Appleton -- A parent's and her daughter's view / Paula and Lizzie Pearson.
Brain-damaged children