Overview
Brain injury is a worldwide leading cause of mortality and morbidity and requires early and appropriate management to minimize these adverse sequelae. Despite such needs, access to specialist centers is limited, forcing both immediate and secondary care of these patients onto generalist staff. These responsibilities are made more problematical by differences in patient management between and even within specialist centers, due in part to an insuffcient evidence-base for many interventions directed at brain injury. This book is borne out of the above observations and is targeted at em- gency and acute medicine, anesthetic and general intensive care staff caring for brain injury of diverse etiology, or surgical teams responsible for the inpatient care of minor to moderate head trauma. Although explaining the various facets of specialist care, the book is not intended to compete with texts directed at neurosciences staff, but aims to advise on optimal care in general hospitals, including criteria for transfer, by a combination of narrative on pathophysiology, principles of care, templates for documentation, and highly specifc algorithms for particular problems. It is intended that the content and structure can form the basis of guidelines and protocols that refect the needs of individual units and that can be constantly refned. Our ultimate goal is to promote informed, consistent, auditable, multidisciplinary care for this cohort of patients and we hope that this text contributes to that process.
Full Product Details
Author: John P. Adams ,
Dominic Bell ,
Justin McKinlay
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Imprint: Springer London Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.382kg
ISBN: 9781848820692
ISBN 10: 1848820690
Pages: 177
Publication Date: 21 December 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
From the reviews: This review of resuscitation and critical care principles for patients in neurologic crisis is part of the Competency-Based Critical Care series. ! Emergency and critical care staff in general hospitals are an appropriate audience for this work ! . majority of authors are neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists. ! This is one of several newly available books in this area. I recommend this one for its concise and clear presentation, excellent illustrations, and protocols. ! a good clinical quick read for the neuro intensive care unit. (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, June, 2010)
From the reviews: This review of resuscitation and critical care principles for patients in neurologic crisis is part of the Competency-Based Critical Care series. ... Emergency and critical care staff in general hospitals are an appropriate audience for this work ... . majority of authors are neurologists, neurosurgeons, and neuroradiologists. ... This is one of several newly available books in this area. I recommend this one for its concise and clear presentation, excellent illustrations, and protocols. ... a good clinical quick read for the neuro intensive care unit. (David J. Dries, Doody's Review Service, June, 2010)
