ABSTRACT

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 me

part |2 pages

Section 1: The Injury

chapter 1|23 pages

Epidemiology

chapter 2|15 pages

Biomechanics of closed head injury

chapter 3|32 pages

Pathology

chapter 4|20 pages

Primary and secondary brain injury

chapter 5|30 pages

Intracranial pressure and elastance

chapter 6|28 pages

Injury and cell function

part |2 pages

Section 2: Measuring and monitoring injury

chapter 7|21 pages

Clinical examination and grading

chapter 8|5 pages

Alcohol, other drugs and head injury

chapter 9|46 pages

Imaging the injury

chapter 11|12 pages

Electrical function monitoring

chapter 12|11 pages

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

part |2 pages

Section 3: Treatment

chapter 13|23 pages

From accident site to trauma center

chapter 14|19 pages

The intensive care management of head injury

chapter 15|18 pages

Sedation and anesthesia in head injury

chapter 17|12 pages

Pediatric head injury

chapter 19|22 pages

Missile wounds of the head

chapter 21|21 pages

Outcome after severe head injury