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Series Introduction
Preface
Contributors
1 Epidemiology of Brain Injury 3
2 Prevention of Spinal Cord and Head Injury 17
3 Head and Spinal Injury: Prehospital Care 29
4 Management of Head Injury in the Multitrauma Setting 45
5 Emergency Room Assessment of the Head Injury Patient 65
6 Neuroradiological Imaging of Head Trauma 77
7 Craniofacial Injuries 113
8 Skull Base Trauma 121
9 The Management of Cranio-orbital Trauma 129
10 Pediatric Head Injury: Special Considerations 133
11 Systemic Sequelae of Head Injury: An Overview 147
12 The Central Nervous System and Fluid Balance 165
13 Hemodynamic Monitoring 173
14 Metabolic Requirements and Nutrition 191
15 Head Injury and Seizures 207
16 Intracranial Pressure Monitoring 213
17 Medical Management of Intracranial Hypertension 225
18 Transcranial Doppler, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Evoked Potential Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit 237
19 Acute Brainstem Injury: A Subgroup of Diffuse Axonal Injury with Unusual Presentation and Treatment Considerations 247
20 Anesthetic Considerations in Head-Injured Patients 287
21 Surgical Management of Head Injury 303
22 Central Nervous System Infection in Head and Spine Trauma 329
23 Neurosurgical Critical Care Nursing: Head Injuries 341
24 Early Rehabilitation Intervention in Traumatic Brain Injury 351
25 Brain Death and Organ Donation 377
26 Spinal Cord Injury Syndromes 393
27 Emergency Room Assessment and Stabilization of Spinal Injury 413
28 Neuroradiological Evaluation of Spinal Injury 427
29 Pharmacological Resuscitation After Spinal Cord Injury 473
30 Systemic Sequelae of Spinal Cord Injury: An Overview 485
31 Cardiopulmonary Management of Spinal Cord Injury 497
32 Management of Brachial Plexus Injuries 503
33 Nonoperative Treatment and Orthotic Management of Spinal Fractures 513
34 Anesthetic Management Considerations in Spine-Injured Patients 529
35 Surgical Management of Cervical Spine Injury 537
36 Surgical Management of Thoracolumbar Fractures 593
37 Management of Conus and Cauda Equina Injuries 647
38 Neurosurgical Critical Care Nursing: Spine Injuries 663
39 Psychosocial Management of Spinal Cord Injury Patients 675
40 Medicolegal Issues in Trauma Care 687
41 The Development of Neurotrauma Systems and Centers: Their Evaluation and Accreditation 711
Index 729