Head Injury
Subtitle: a Multidisciplinary Approach
Contributors: Thomas, Elfyn O.; Summers, Fiona; Whyte, Maggie; Hutchinson, Peter J.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780511533617; 9781283331159
Description: A pragmatic, multi-professional approach to the management of head injured patients.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Chapter 1 Epidemiology of head injury; Chapter 2 The neuropathology of head injury; Chapter 3 Experimental models of traumatic brain injury; Chapter 4 Clinical assessment of the head-injured patient:an anatomical approach; Chapter 5 Neuroimaging in trauma; Chapter 6 Scoring systems for trauma and head injury; Chapter 7 Early phase care of patients with mild and minor head injury; Chapter 8 Early phase care of patients with moderate and severe head injury.; title: Chapter 9 Interhospital transfer of head-injured patientsChapter 10 Principles of head injury intensive care management; Chapter 11 Intracranial pressure monitoring in head injury; Chapter 12 Multimodality monitoring in head injury; Chapter 13 Therapeutic options in neurocritical care: optimizing brain physiology; Chapter 14 Therapeutic options in neurocritical care: beyond the brain; Chapter 15 Brainstem death and organ donation; Chapter 16 Anaesthesia for emergency neuro.