Neurotrauma : treatment, rehabilitation, and related issues : 1st Conference on neurotrauma : Papers

Neurotrauma: Treatment, Rehabilitation, and Related Issues discusses the issues pertinent to central nervous system trauma. This book is organized into three parts encompassing 17 chapters that tackle the study and management of head injury, including the range of treatment, rehabilitation, and reintegration into the community. Some of the topics covered in the book are the demography of head injury in the United States; cardiopulmonary changes after head injury; management of intracranial hypertension; mechanisms and management of posttraumatic epilepsy; metabolic responses to severe head damage; and evoked responses monitoring in the intensive care unit. Other chapters deal with the auditory assessment of neural trauma, the issues in the evaluation of rehabilitation effects, and the sociological parameters affecting comparisons of long-term outcome. A chapter is devoted to the sensory evoked responses in the diagnosis of brain death. The final chapter focuses on the outcome and recovery of children after experiencing head injury. The book can provide useful information to doctors, neurologists, students, and researchers. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Contributing Authors , Pages vii-ix Preface , Pages xi-xii , M.E.M., K.A.W. Chapter 1 - The Demography of Head Injury in the United States , Pages 1-17 , Ralph F. Frankowski Chapter 2 - Ensuring against Tragedy: The Decision to Treat the Severely Head Injured , Pages 19-26 , H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr. Introduction to Acute Treatment of Head Injured Patients , Pages 27-28 , Michael E. Miner, Dennis R. Kopaniky Chapter 3 - Cardiopulmonary Changes after Head Injury , Pages 29-40 , Elizabeth A.M. Frost, Michael F. Domurat Chapter 4 - Management of Intracranial Hypertension , Pages 41-54 , Steven J. Allen Chapter 5 - Modulating Cerebral Oxygen Delivery and Extraction in Acute Traumatic Coma , Pages 55-72 , Julio Cruz, Michael E. Miner Chapter 6 - The Metabolic Response to Severe Head Injury , Pages 73-87 , Guy L Clifton, Claudia S. Robertson Chapter 7 - The Relative Durations of Coma and Posttraumatic Amnesia after Severe Nonmissile Head Injury: Findings from the Pilot Phase of the National Traumatic Coma Data Bank , Pages 89-97 , Harvey S. Levin, Howard M. Eisenberg Chapter 8 - Mechanisms and Management of Posttraumatic Epilepsy , Pages 99-106 , L. James Willmore Introduction to Evoked Response Monitoring Issues , Pages 107-111 , Judy R. Mackey-Hargadine, James W. Hall III Chapter 9 - Evoked Responses Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit , Pages 113-132 , Judy R. Mackey-Hargadine, James W. Hall III Chapter 10 - Sensory Evoked Responses in the Diagnosis of Brain Death , Pages 133-153 , James W. Hall III, Judy R. Mackey-Hargadine Chapter 11 - Auditory Assessment of Neural Trauma , Pages 155-188 , H. Gustav Mueller, Roy K. Sedge, Andres M. Salazar Chapter 12 - Evoked Potentials and Head Injury in a Rehabilitation Setting , Pages 189-194 , Maurice Rappaport Introduction to Recovery and Outcome Issues , Page 195 , Harvey S. Levin Chapter 13 - Issues in the Evaluation of Rehabilitation Effects , Pages 197-212 , Tessa Hart, Mary Ellen Hayden Chapter 14 - Sociological Parameters Affecting Comparisons of Long-term Outcome , Pages 213-222 , Karen A. Wagner Chapter 15 - The Current Status of Head Injury Rehabilitation , Pages 223-232 , Karyl M. Hall, D. Nathan Cope Chapter 16 - Recovery versus Outcome after Head Injury in Children , Pages 233-240 , Michael E. Miner, Jack M. Fletcher, Linda Ewing-Cobbs Chapter 17 - Injury Prevention , Pages 241-250 , Stanley F. Handel, Daniel P. Perales Index , Pages 251-257