Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment and Management 2nd Edition

Description of Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment and Management

Now completely revised and updated, Manual of Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment and Management, Second Edition is a comprehensive evidence-based guide to brain injury diagnosis, treatment, and recovery, delivered in a succinct format designed for targeted access to essential content.

This concise text, featuring internationally known contributors drawn from leading TBI programs, is organized into five sections.

1. Part 1 discusses fundamental concepts needed to provide a context for clinical decision-making.
2. Part 2 covers mild TBI, from natural history to sports-related concussion, post-concussion syndrome, and more.
3. Part 3 focuses on moderate to severe TBI and contains chapters on pre-hospital, emergency and ICU care, rehabilitation, community reintegration, management of associated impairments, and post-injury outcomes.
4. Part 4 covers the complications and long-term sequelae that may arise in patients with TBI, including spasticity, movement disorders, posttraumatic seizures, hydrocephalus, behavioral and sleep disturbances, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
5. Part 5 focuses on special considerations and resources, including issues specific to selected populations or injury environments (military, pediatric, workers compensation and older patients), as well as return to work and medico-legal issues in TBI.

Comprehensively updated to reflect the current state of the art in this rapidly evolving field, this book is a must-have for neurologists, physiatrists, primary care physicians, mental health professionals, social workers, and other healthcare providers who treat TBI patients.

New to the Second Edition:

• “Key Points” section in each chapter crystallizes important clinical pearls
• New chapters cover anoxia complicating TBI, screening for emotional distress in TBI patients, management of chronic behavioral disturbances, and assistive technology
• Every chapter has been updated to reflect current evidence-based practice

About the Author

Felise S. Zollman, MD, Co-Project Director, Midwest Regional Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Center, Attending Physician, Brain Injury and Rehabilitation Program, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Assistant Professor, Departments of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation & Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

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