Head Injury: A Multidisciplinary Approach

by Edited by Peter C. Whitfield , Elfyn O. Thomas , Fiona Summers , Maggie Whyte , Peter J. Hutchinson

• ISBN13: 9780521697620
• ISBN10: 052169762X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The management of patients with head injury requires a pragmatic, multi-professional approach, as exemplified in this book. The content includes chapters on epidemiology, experimental models, pathology, clinical examination, neuroimaging and trauma scoring systems. A large section of the text then deals with the management of the head-injured patient along the whole patient pathway, addressing issues such as emergency department care, transfer of the patient, intensive care and surgical aspects. Rehabilitation is reviewed in detail with chapters that discuss the aims and roles of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and neuropsychology. Finally, medico-legal issues are evaluated. The practical approach to management is emphasized throughout. This book will be of interest to all doctors looking after patients with head injury: emergency physicians, neurosurgeons, anaesthetists, intensivists, and members of the rehabilitation team. Allied specialists such as nurses, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and neuropsychologists will also find this book useful.

Author Biography

Peter C. Whitfield is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at the South West Neurosurgery Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK. Elfyn O. Thomas is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Neuroanaesthesia, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK. Fiona Summers is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK. Maggie Whyte is a Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK. Peter J. Hutchinson is a Senior Academy Fellow and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

Dedication

List of contributors

Foreword Sir Graham Teasdale

Epidemiology of head injury

The neuropathology of head injury

Experimental models of traumatic brain injury

Clinical assessment of the head injured patient: an anatomical approach

Neuroimaging in trauma

Scoring systems for trauma and head injury

Early phase care of patients with mild and minor head injury

Early phase care of patients with moderate and severe head injury Duncan McAuley

Interhospital transfer of head injured patients

Principles of head injury intensive care management

Intracranial pressure monitoring in head injury

Multimodality monitoring in head injury

Therapeutic options in neurocritical care: optimizing brain physiology

Therapeutic options in neurocritical care: beyond the brain

Brainstem death and organ donation

Anaesthesia for emergency neurosurgery

Surgical issues in the management of head injured patients

Craniofacial trauma: injury patterns and management

Cranioplasty after head injury

Neurosurgical complications of head injury

Paediatric head injury management

The principles of rehabilitation after head injury

Acute rehabilitation of the head injured patient Bruce Downey

Post-acute and community rehabilitation of the head injured patient

Neuropsychology and head injury

Outcome and prognosis after head injury

Medico-legal aspects of head and neck injury

Index

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