Traumatic Brain Injury.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I Introduction and imaging -- Chapter 1 The clinical problem of traumatic head injury -- Introduction -- TBI as a chronic, lifelong condition -- Paucity of specific therapies for TBI -- Classifying a multidimensional process -- Understanding the endophenotypes of TBI -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Neuroimaging in traumatic brain injury -- Cranial computed tomography -- How to read the CT? -- Blood: Lesion volume -- Brain: Shift -- Basal cisterns -- Ventricles -- Bone -- Trauma Coma Data Bank classification -- The Rotterdam CT score -- MRI -- Conventional MRI -- Emerging MRI modalities for TBI -- Assessment of functional connectivity -- (m)TBI affects the whole-brain functional networks rather than local sites -- fcMRI in mTBI -- Resting-state fcMRI and prediction of outcome from TBI -- References -- Part II Prehospital and ED care -- Chapter 3 Out-of-hospital management in traumatic brain injury -- Introduction -- Prehospital management of mild TBI (GCS 13-15) -- Prehospital management of moderate TBI (GCS 9-12) -- Prehospital management of severe TBI (GCS 3-8) -- References -- Chapter 4 Emergency department evaluation of mild traumatic brain injury -- Defining mTBI -- Epidemiology of mTBI -- ED diagnosis and management of mTBI -- Establishing a system of care for the assessment of mTBI in the ED -- After the ED visit: The importance of physical and cognitive rest -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 In-hospital observation for mild traumatic brain injury -- Which patients should be admitted to the hospital? -- Role of specialized neurosurgical centers -- Observation of patients with mild and moderate TBI: Where to admit at which ward? -- Observation in the hospital: Goals and procedures -- General measures -- Complications.

When to discharge from the hospital? -- References -- Part III In hospital -- Chapter 6 ICU care: surgical and medical management-indications for immediate surgery -- Introduction -- The pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury -- Preoperative evaluation and preparation -- Extra-axial lesions -- Nonfocal intraparenchymal lesions -- Depressed skull fractures -- Penetrating brain injury -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 ICU care: surgical and medical management-neurological monitoring and treatment -- Neuromonitoring -- Neurological treatment -- References -- Chapter 8 ICU care: surgical and medical management-systemic treatment -- Initial ICU evaluation of the traumatic brain injury patient -- Basic ICU management -- Neurologic syndromes in the ICU -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Rehabilitation -- Chapter 9 Rehabilitation of cognitive deficits after traumatic brain injury -- Cognitive deficits, behavioral changes, and outcome after severe TBI -- Rehabilitation of executive functions -- Rehabilitation of attention -- Rehabilitation of working memory -- Rehabilitation of long-term memory -- Holistic rehabilitation -- Reviews and meta-analyses -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V Postacute care and community in reintegration -- Chapter 10 Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury -- Incidence of TBI -- Trends in incidence -- Prevalence of TBI -- Prevalence of disability after TBI -- Conclusions and future directions -- References -- Chapter 11 Neuropsychiatric and behavioral sequelae -- Assessment of psychiatric disorders following TBI: A biopsychosocial approach -- Risk factors -- Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment -- Depression -- Mania -- Anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and trauma- and stressor-related disorders -- Treatment of anxiety disorders, OCD, and trauma-and stressor-related disorders.

Psychotic symptoms -- Substance abuse -- Agitation, anger, and aggression -- Sleep disturbance -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 12 Follow-up and community integration of mild traumatic brain injury -- Care as usual -- Follow-up -- Imaging -- Outcome of mild TBI -- Long-term outcome and community integration -- Prediction of outcome -- Treatment strategies -- Summary -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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