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Foreword. List of contributors. Chapter 1. The epidemiology of head injury (B. Jennett and R.F. Frankowski). Chapter 2. The mechanism of brain injuries (D.A. Stålhammar). Chapter 3. Brain damage in fatal non-missile head injury in man (J. Hume Adams). Chapter 4. Dynamic changes after brain trauma (L.H. Pitts and T.K. McIntosh). Chapter 5. Classification of head injury (R.A. Frowein and R. Firsching). Chapter 6. Clinical examination in traumatic brain damage (A.D. Mendelow). Chapter 7. Radiodiagnosis of brain injury (E. Teasdale and D.M. Hadley). Chapter 8. Electrophysiology of head injury (A.P. Bricolo and

G.S. Turella). Chapter 9. The medical management of head injury (T.G. Luerssen and L.F. Marshall). Chapter 10. Surgical management of traumatic intracranial haematomas (R. Bullock and G. Teasdale). Chapter 11. Penetrating injuries of the skull and brain (R. Roy and P.R. Cooper). Chapter 12. Acute infectious complications of head trauma (A.R. Tunkel and W.M. Scheld). Chapter 13. Pediatric head injuries (M. Choux, G. Lena, L. Genitori, E. Empime and G. Dechambenois). Chapter 14. Traumatic carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas (A. Bonafé and C. Manelfe). Chapter 15. Outcome after head injury (H.S. Levin, W.J. Hamilton and R.G. Grossman). Chapter 16. Psychological and social sequelae of severe head injury (A.H. van Zomeren and R.J. Saan). Chapter 17. The post-concussional syndrome (G.W. Bruyn and J.B.K. Lanser). Chapter 18. Providing services for head-injured patients and auditing their effectiveness (B. Jennett). Chapter 19. Brainstem death (C. Pallis). Index. Amsterdam imprint