Traumatic Brain Injury: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Advocating a pragmatic and multidisciplinary approach to the management of patients with brain injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury provides a detailed description of care along the whole-patient pathway. Delivering an evidence-based update on the optimal care of both adult and paediatric patients who have sustained injuries ranging from mild to severe, information from on-going multi-centre studies in neurotrauma is included. The basic scientific principles of neuropathology, head injury research and scoring systems are presented before detailed sections on emergency department care, patient transfer, intensive care and longer-term care. Rehabilitation is reviewed in detail with chapters discussing the aims and roles of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and neuropsychology amongst others. Discussing medico-legal issues in detail, the effect of injury on the individual and their family are also examined. Emphasising a holistic approach to caring for patients with brain injuries, this is an essential guide for all involved.

Advocates a multidisciplinary approach that appeals to the wide range of specialties and professions involved in caring for patients with traumatic brain injuries

References the many different guidelines regarding the management of a brain-injured patient, enabling readers to understand the basis of guidelines and their relevance and application in clinical practice

Pragmatic in style, offering highly practical advice for management and rehabilitation in a wide range of practice settings and enabling readers to formulate a 'how I would do it' approach to patient care

Table of Contents:

1. Epidemiology of Head Injury Giles Critchley, Imogen Rogers and Anjum Memon
2. The Neuropathology of Traumatic Brain Injury David Hilton
3. Experimental Models of Traumatic Brain Injury Ciaran S. Hill and Hiren C. Patel
4. Clinical Assessment of the Head Injured Patient Amr H. Mohamed, Peter C. Whitfield and Deva S. Jeyaretna
5. Neuroimaging in Trauma Won Hyung A. Ryu, Jonathan Coles and Clare N. Gallagher
6. Scoring Systems for Trauma and Head Injury Antoinette Edwards, Fiona Lecky and Laura White
7. Early Phase Care of Patients with Mild and Minor Head Injury Anthony Kehoe
8. Early Phase Care of Patients with Moderate and Severe Head Injury Mark Wilson
9. Interhosptial Transfer or Brain Injured Patients Thomas Price, Gareth Allen and Robbie Thorpe
10. Principles of Head Injury Intensive Care Management Martin Smith
11. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring in Head Injury Adam J Wells, Peter Smielewski, Rikin A. Trivedi and Peter J. Hutchinson
12. Multimodality Monitoring in Head Injury Tamara Tajsic, Andrew Gvozdanovic, Ivan Timofeev and Peter J. Hutchinson
13. Therapeutic Options in Neurocritical Care: Optimising Brain Physiology Chiara Robba and Rowan Burnstein
14. Therapeutic Options in Critical Care – Beyond the Brain Matthew J. C. Thomas and Richard Protheroe
15. Brain Stem Death and Organ Donation Mark Sair and Martin B. Walker
16. Anaesthesia for Emergency Neurosurgery Nicola Pilkington and W Hiu Lam
17. Surgical Issues in the Management of Head-Injured Patients Jane Halliday, Peter C Whitfield and Puneet Plaha
18. Craniofacial Trauma: Injury Patterns and Management Kathrin J. Whitehouse and Paul McArdle
19. Cranioplasty after Head Injury Stephen Honeybul
20. Neurosurgical Complications of Head Injury Ellie Edlmann and Peter C Whitfield
21. Paediatric Head Injury Management Greg James
22. Assessment of Capacity and Cognition Maggie Whyte and Fiona Summers
23. Families: Effective Communication and Facilitating Adjustment Fiona Summers, Helen Gooday, Maggie Whyte and Camilla Herbert
24. Principles of Rehabilitation Jonathan J. Evans
25. MDT and Rehabilitation of Head Injury Judith Fewings, Ann-Marie Pringle, Thérèse Lebedis and Maggie Whyte
26. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Jonathon J. Evans, Ceri Trevethan, Jackie Hamilton, Bruce Downey, Lindsey Beedie and Emma Hepburn
27. Assistive Technology and Rehabilitation Brian O'Neill, Catherine Best and Matt Jamieson
28. Outcomes and Prognosis Helen M. K. Gooday
29. Medicolegal Aspects of Traumatic Brain and Cervical Spine Injury Peter C. Whitfield and Peter J. Hutchinson.