Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury provides practical, neurological guidance to the diagnosis and management of patients who suffer traumatic brain injury.  Taking a ‘patient journey’ in traumatic brain injury, from pre–hospital management to the emergency department, into rehabilitation and finally re–emergence in the community, it demonstrates how neurologists can facilitate recovery at all points along the way. It provides guidelines and algorithms to help support patients with brain injury within trauma centers, in post–traumatic care following discharge, and with mild traumatic brain injury not requiring immediate hospitalization. From an international team of expert editors and contributors, Traumatic Brain Injury is a valuable resource for neurologists, trainee neurologists and others working with patients with traumatic brain injury.

Part I: Introduction and Imaging 1 The Clinical Problem of Traumatic Head Injury Ramon Diaz–Arrastia and Pieter E. Vos 2 Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury Pieter E. Vos, Carlos Marquez de la Plata, and Ramon Diaz–Arrastia Part II: Pre–hospital and ED Care 3 Out of Hospital Management in Traumatic Brain Injury Peter R.G. Brink 4 Emergency Department Evaluation of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Noel S. Zuckerbraun, C. Christopher King, and Rachel P. Berger 5 In–hospital Observation for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Pieter E. Vos and Dafin F. Muresanu Part III: In Hospital 6 ICU Care: Surgical and Medical Management – Indications for Immediate Surgery Peter S. Amenta and Jack Jallo 7 ICU Care: Surgical and Medical Management – Neurological Monitoring and Treatment Luzius A. Steiner 8 ICU Care: Surgical and Medical Management – Systemic Treatment Lori Shutter Part IV: Rehabilitation 9 Rehabilitation of Cognitive Deficits after Traumatic Brain Injury Philippe Azouvi and Claire Vallat–Azouvi Part V: Post–acute Care and Community in Re–integration 10 Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury Ramon Diaz–Arrastia and Kimbra Kenney 11 Neuropsychiatric and Behavioral Sequelae Kathleen F. Pagulayan and Jesse R. Fann 12 Follow–up and Community Integration of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Joukje van der Naalt and Joke M. Spikman

Pieter E. Vos, Department of Neurology, Radbound University, Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Ramon Diaz–Arrastia, Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA