Initial Management of Head Injury provides comprehensive guidance for non-neurosurgeons on managing patients with head trauma for better patient outcomes. Targeted at emergency physicians, paramedics, general physicians, clinicians and intensivists who are part of trauma care teams, Initial Management of Head Injury gives the non-neurosurgeon all the information they need, enabling them to make accurate decisions for optimal initial care to save lives which may otherwise be lost or irretrievably impaired.
It achieves this by: - translating the latest evidence based research into practical clinical guidelines - using clean and simple illustrations to highlight the most useful surgical techniques and procedures. - incorporating a collection of radiological images that provides insights for accurate interpretation and evaluation. - devoting discrete chapters to the management of subsets of patients with brain injuries - including children, the elderly, sporting injuries, the anticoagulated patient and the alcohol intoxicated patient. This accessible book is an invaluable resource for those emergency and clinical settings where specialist neurosurgical access is delayed. In addition, it will have high appeal in regions with limited or low resource availability. Neurosurgeon specialists will also appreciate the current and user friendly presentation of data.
Table of contents:
Part I . Epidemiology
Ch 1 Epidemiology
Part II. Basic Principles
Ch 2 Pathophysiology
Ch 3 Intracranial Pressure
Part III. Evaluation and Diagnosis
Ch 4 Neurological Evaluation
Ch 5 Radiological Evaluation
Part IV. Immediate Management
Ch 6 Pre-hospital management
Ch 7 Initial Management in Emergency Department
Ch 8 Transport
Part V. Definitive Management
Ch 9 Intensive Care Unit management
Ch 10 Management of injuries of scalp and skull
Ch 11 Management of penetrating injuries of the cranium
Ch 12 Neurosurgical procedures in the head injured patient
Part VI. Management of special subsets of head injured patients
Ch 13 Mild head injury
Ch 14 Head injury in children
Ch 15 Head injury in elderly
Ch 16 Head injury in the alcohol intoxicated patient
Ch 17 Head injury in the anticoagulated patient
Ch 18 Sports related head injury
It achieves this by: - translating the latest evidence based research into practical clinical guidelines - using clean and simple illustrations to highlight the most useful surgical techniques and procedures. - incorporating a collection of radiological images that provides insights for accurate interpretation and evaluation. - devoting discrete chapters to the management of subsets of patients with brain injuries - including children, the elderly, sporting injuries, the anticoagulated patient and the alcohol intoxicated patient. This accessible book is an invaluable resource for those emergency and clinical settings where specialist neurosurgical access is delayed. In addition, it will have high appeal in regions with limited or low resource availability. Neurosurgeon specialists will also appreciate the current and user friendly presentation of data.
Table of contents:
Part I . Epidemiology
Ch 1 Epidemiology
Part II. Basic Principles
Ch 2 Pathophysiology
Ch 3 Intracranial Pressure
Part III. Evaluation and Diagnosis
Ch 4 Neurological Evaluation
Ch 5 Radiological Evaluation
Part IV. Immediate Management
Ch 6 Pre-hospital management
Ch 7 Initial Management in Emergency Department
Ch 8 Transport
Part V. Definitive Management
Ch 9 Intensive Care Unit management
Ch 10 Management of injuries of scalp and skull
Ch 11 Management of penetrating injuries of the cranium
Ch 12 Neurosurgical procedures in the head injured patient
Part VI. Management of special subsets of head injured patients
Ch 13 Mild head injury
Ch 14 Head injury in children
Ch 15 Head injury in elderly
Ch 16 Head injury in the alcohol intoxicated patient
Ch 17 Head injury in the anticoagulated patient
Ch 18 Sports related head injury