Traumatic brain injury
by Grafman, Jordan Salazar, Andres M.
The Handbook of Clinical Neurology volume on traumatic brain injury (TBI) provides the reader with an updated review of emerging approaches to traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, clinical management and rehabilitation of the traumatic brain injury patient. Chapters in this volume range from epidemiology and pathological mechanisms of injury, and neuroprotection to long-term outcomes with a strong emphasis on current neurobiological approaches to describing the consequences and mechanisms of …
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- Full title :Traumatic brain injury. / edited by Jordan Grafman, Andres M. Salazar.
Summary
The Handbook of Clinical Neurology volume on traumatic brain injury (TBI) provides the reader with an updated review of emerging approaches to traumatic brain injury (TBI) research, clinical management and rehabilitation of the traumatic brain injury patient. Chapters in this volume range from epidemiology and pathological mechanisms of injury, and neuroprotection to long-term outcomes with a strong emphasis on current neurobiological approaches to describing the consequences and mechanisms of recovery from TBI. The book presents contemporary investigations on blast injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, making this state-of-the-art volume a must have for clinicians and researchers concerned with the clinical management, or investigation, of TBI.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Elsevier
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780444634986, 0444634983
- oclc:ocn897881331
- LC Classification:RC387.5
- Dewey Decimal:617.481044
Table of Contents
Front Cover; Traumatic Brain Injury Part I; Copyright ; Handbook of Clinical Neurology 3rd Series; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents of Part I; Contents of Part II; Section 1: Risk and Predisposition; Chapter 1: Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury; Overview: Importance of Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury; Overall Traumatic Brain Injury rates; Definitions; Cost: Burden of Injury; Severity Measures; Emergency Department rates; Trends; Hospitalizations; Trends; Deaths; Trends; Mechanism (external Causes); Peaks Within Age Groups; Gender; Race; Traumatic Brain Injury In the military.
DisabilityAlzheimer's Disease and Epilepsy; Rehabilitation; Conclusions; Disclaimer; References ; Chapter 2: Classification of Traumatic Brain Injury: Past, Present, and Future; Introduction; History of and Approaches To disease Classification; An Ideal Classification System; Classifying Traumatic Brain Injury; Defining Traumatic Brain Injury; Challenges in Classifying Traumatic Brain injury; Classifying Brain Injury By Physical Mechanism; Classifying Brain Injury By Pathoanatomy; Classifying Brain Injury By symptoms/severity; Classifying Brain Injury By Prognosis.
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