Traumatic brain injury: a clinician's guide to diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability worldwide. Each year 1.7 million new TBIs occur in the United States, and it is also considereda signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Despite the relatively high incidence-within both civilian and military populations-the diagnosisand treatment, particularly of mild TBI/concussion, remains an inexact science. Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation is a concise guide designed for neurologists, primary care, and sports physicians and other medical providers, psychologists and neuropsychologists, and athletic trainers who may evaluate and care for patients with TBI. The book features summaries of the most pertinent areas of diagnosis and therapy, which can be readily accessed by the busy clinician/professional. In addition, the book's treatment algorithms provide a highly practical reference to cutting edge therapies. A superb contribution to the literature, Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation offers a well-designed, well-written, useful resource for all providers who treat patients with TBI. INDICE: Chapter 1: Overview of TBI David F. Moore, Michael S. Jaffee, Geoffrey Ling Chapter 2: Imaging Diagnosis of TBI Tuong H. Le, Shirley I. Stiver, Alisa D. Gean Chapter 3: Neurocognitive Assessment of mTBI W. Huw Williams,Seb Potter, Helen Ryland, Philip Yates, James Tonks & Adam Reuben Chapter4: Management of Moderate and Severe TBI Scott A. Marshall, Randy Bell, RoccoA. Armonda, Geoffrey S. F. Ling Chapter 5: Sports Concussion Sharon R. Weeks, Jack W. Tsao Chapter 6: Blast-Related Concussion Carson Lawall Chapter 7: Sleep/Wake Disturbances in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Patients Michael Russo, Aimee Alphonso, Ian Murphy Chapter 8: Vestibular Consequences of mTBI Michael E Hoffer, Kim Gottshall, Erik S. Viirre Chapter 9: Post-Traumatic Headache Jay C. Erickson, Brett J. Theeler Chapter 10: Seizures after TBI John Betjemann, Karen Parko Chapter 11: Endocrine Disturbances following TBI Victoria Tepe, Arthur Guerrero Chapter 12: Confronting Mild TBI and Co-occurring PTSD Symptoms in Combat Deployed Service Members Justin S. Campbell, Jeffrey H. Greenberg, Jennifer M. Weil Chapter 13: Behavioral and Psychiatric Comorbidities of TBI Robert L. Collins, Nicholas J. Pastorek, Andra L. Teten, Thomas A. Kent Chapter 14: Rehabilitation of TBI Mel Glenn Chapter 15: Interventions to Improve Cognitive Functioning after TBI Anthony J.-W. Chen, Tatjana Novakovic-Agopian Chapter 16: Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges Donald W. Marion Appendix: Coding for TBI Theresa B. Lattimore

• ISBN: 978-0-387-87886-7
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 30/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés