Michel Broman

Traumatic Head Injury in Children

Herausgeber: Michel, Mary E; Broman, Sarah H

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Head trauma in children is a major public health problem. It is a leading cause of death, and it can result in a spectrum of difficulties involving cognition, academic achievement, and social interaction. Children are evolving organisms for whom a static conceptualization of outcome may cloud the effects of traumatic brain injury. This important book explores sources of unexplained variability in outcome by developmental stage. For clinicians, the volume will provide easy access into the mainstream of research on traumatic brain injury in children, its pathophysiology, treatment, and outcome. For scientists specializing in cognition and development, and for those in the basic neurosciences, the studies of traumatic brain injury discussed in this book offer a unique opportunity to relate brain structure to patterns of behavior. Modern neurodiagnostic techniques have created new possibilities for understanding the neurological basis of the diverse behavioral deficits shown by head-injured children. The contributors of this volume not only present detailed analyses of the present state of knowledge of the diverse determinants of outcome in children with head injury, but they also emphasize the gaps and limitations in our knowledge.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780195094282
• ISBN-10: 019509428X
• Artikelnr.: 22472345

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword
* Part I: The Issues
* 1: Jack M. Fletcher, Linda Ewing-Cobbs, David J. Francis, and Harvey
S. Levin: Variability in Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury in
Children: A Developmental Perspective
* 2: Jess F. Kraus: Epidemiological Features of Brain Injury in
Children: Occurrence, Children at Risk, Causes and Manner of Injury,
Severity, and Outcomes
* 3: Derek Bruce: Pathophysiological Responses of the Child's Brain
Following Trauma
* Part II: The Data
* 4: David Shaffer: The Behavioral Sequelae of Serious Head Injury in
Children and Adolescents: The British Studies
* 5: Harvey S. Levin, Linda Ewing-Cobb, Howard N. Eisenberg:
Neurobehavioral Outcome of Pediatric Closed Head Injury
* 6: Sandra Bond Chapman: Discourse as an Outcome Measure in Pediatric
Head Injured Populations
* 7: Robert F. Asarnow, Paul Statz, Roger Light, and Kenneth Zauch,
Richard Lewis, Carol McCleary: The UCLA Study of Mild Closed Head
Injury in Children and Adolescents
* 8: Polly Bijur, Mary Haslum: Cognitive, Behavioral and Motoric
Sequelae of Mild Head Injury in a National Birth Cohort
* 9: Maureen Dennis, Margaret Wilkinson, Lisa Koski, and Robin P.
Humphreys: Attention Deficits in the Long Term after Childhood Head
Injury
* 10: Gerry Taylor, Dennis Drotar, Shari Wade, Keith Yeats, Terry
Stancin, and Susan Klein: Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury in
Children: The Importance of the Family
* Part III: Life Span Effects, Rehabilitation and Treatment
* 11: Harry Klonoff, Campbell Clark, and Pamela S. Klonoff: Outcome of
Head Injuries from Childhood to Adulthood: A 23 Year Follow-Up Study
* 12: Jordan Grafman, and Andres Salazer: Recovery of Function in
Adults: Lessons for the Study of Pediatric Head Injury Outcome
* 13: Linda J. Michaud: Evaluating Rehabilitation after Pediatric
Traumatic Brain Injury
* 14: John David Ward: The Prospect of Pediatric Clinical Trials:
Experience with Adult Trials
* Part IV: Commentary
* 15: Bennett A. Shaywitz: Implications for Clinical Care and Cognitive
Neuroscience
* 16: Arthur Benton: A Summing Up