Neurotrauma
Subtitle: evidence-based answers to common questions
By: [edited by] Alex B. Valadka, Brian T. Andrews ; foreword by Donald P. Becker.
Contributors: Andrews, Brian T.
Publisher: Thieme
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Nervous system -- Wounds and injuries; Brain -- Wounds and injuries; Head -- Wounds and injuries; Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries; Evidence-based medicine; Craniocerebral Trauma -- therapy; Evidence-Based Medicine; Spinal Cord Injuries -- therapy
Description: In this review of brain trauma literature, the editors and contributors add much to accepted guidelines by providing expert opinions on questions related to resuscitation and initial assessment, brain and spinal cord injury, postacute care, sports medicine, and trauma systems. Each of the 48 questions is followed by a brief answer, boxed pearls, background, a literature review with studies classed according to strength of evidence, and conclusions and recommendations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.