Overview

Traumatic brain injury is one of the most difficult and challenging management problems facing clinicians. Research is increasingly clarifying the underlying physiological mechanisms involved in neuronal damage, offering the chance of better methods of diagnosis and treatment. This second edition of Head Injury contains detailed coverage of basic mechanisms and investigations, and has been fully revised and updated with increased clinical content and particular emphasis on the fast-moving areas of neuromonitoring and neuroprotection. The book provides a complete management framework for traumatic brain injury, with sections on the mechanisms of injury, measuring and monitoring the injury, and treatment. New chapters include pediatric head injury, missile wounds, outcome prediction and brain death, and detailed guidelines-based management algorithms are provided in the appendices.

Full Product Details

Author:   P Reilly ,  R Bullock
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   1.836kg
ISBN:  

9780340807248

ISBN 10:   0340807245
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   29 April 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Section 1: The Injury 1. Epidemiology 2. Biomechanics of Closed Head Injury 3. Pathology 4. Primary and Secondary Brain Injury 5. Intracranial Pressure and Elastance 6. Injury and Cell Function Section 2: Measuring and Monitoring Injury 7. Clinical Examination and Grading 8. Alcohol, other Drugs and Head Injury 9. Imaging the Injury 10. Monitoring Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 11. Electrical Function Monitoring 12. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section 3: Treatment 13. From Accident Site to Trauma Centre 14. The Intensive Care Management of Head Injury 15. Sedation and Anaesthesia in Head Injury 16. Management of intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure 17. Paediatric Head Injury 18. The Role of Surgery for intracranial mass lesions after head injury 19. Missile Wounds of the Head 20. Neuroprotection in Traumatic Brain Injury 21. Outcome after Severe Head Injury 22. Outcome Prediction after Severe Head Injury 23. Brain Death - Clinical and Confirmatory Tests Appendices A: Antibiotic therapy for CNS infections B: Seizure management in acute head injury C: Possible causes of status epilepticus after head injury D: Cardiovascular drugs used to augment cerebral perfusion pressure

Reviews

... this is an excellent and comprehensive book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It provided me with excellent continuing medical education and many of the individual chapters would be of great practical value to anaesthetists and intensivists who are regularly involved with the management of patients with head injury. It warrants a place on the shelves of medical libraries in hospitals with trauma centres and neurosurgical units. All intensive care units involved in the management of head injuries should have a copy. -- British Journal of Anaesthesia 95 (4): 563-5 20050801

... this is an excellent and comprehensive book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. It provided me with excellent continuing medical education and many of the individual chapters would be of great practical value to anaesthetists and intensivists who are regularly involved with the management of patients with head injury. It warrants a place on the shelves of medical libraries in hospitals with trauma centres and neurosurgical units. All intensive care units involved in the management of head injuries should have a copy. -- British Journal of Anaesthesia 95 (4): 563-5 20050801

Author Information

Peter L Reilly MD BMedSc FRACS is Professor and Director of Neurosurgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia Ross Bullock MD PhD is Reynolds Professor in the Harold F Young Department of Neurological Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, USA

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