Traumatic Brain Injury (Paperback)

I Scientific background.- 1 Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury (Including prevention strategies.- 2 Pathophysiology of traumatic brain injury.- 3 “Mechanics of brain tissue damage following trauma”.- 4 Neuroprotection in traumatic brain injury.- II Current clinical Practice.- 5 Prehospital and emergency department management.- 6 Monitoring the injured brain.- 7 Contemporary Medical management of traumatic brain injury: High income countries.- 8 Contemporary Surgical  management of traumatic brain injury: High income countries.- 9 Contemporary management of traumatic brain injury: Low and middle income countries.- 10 Military management of traumatic brain injury.- 11 Rehabilitation and social reintegration following traumatic brain injury.- III Evidence.- 12 Predicting outcome following traumatic brain injury.- 13 Biomarkers in traumatic brain injury.- 14 Erythropoietin in the management of traumatic brain injury: Current evidence.- 15 Progesterone in the management of traumatic brain injury: Current evidence.- 16 Amantadine in the management of traumatic brain injury for Traumatic brain injury.- 17 Hypothermia in the management of traumatic brain injury: Current evidence.- 18 Decompressive craniectomy in the management of traumatic brain injury: Current evidence.- 19 Cranioplasty following traumatic brain injury.- 20 Thromboembolic prophylaxis.- 21 Comparative effectiveness research.- 22 Brain Death: Current evidence and guidelines.- 23 Introduction to ethical concepts.- 24 Ethical issues when making clinical decisions in paediatrics patients.- 25 Long term outcome following traumatic brain injury: ethical issues.- 26 Withholding and withdrawing care.- 27 Prolonged disorders of consciousness.