Main description:

This state-of-the-art book brings together the full range of issues that can inform care for patients experiencing the effects of concussion.

Written by an international panel of experts and edited by a critical care physician and by a cognitive neuroscientist, the book serves as a primer of the various domains of study and application, while providing clinical insights and evidence to bring towards treatment. Chapters span the basic mechanics and pathophysiology of concussion, through its assessment, management, and complications.

Comprehensive and timely, this book is accessible to healthcare professionals, and researchers eager to learn something about this field.

Contents:

Ch. 1 Concussion Mechanism: Biomechanical Perspectives

Kaveh Laksari

Mehmet Kurt

Lyndia Chun Wu

Ch. 2 The Pathophysiology of Concussion

Eugene Park

Andrew J. Baker

Ch. 3 Neuroimaging of Concussion

Nathan W. Churchill

Ch. 4 The Path Toward a Blood Test for Concussion - A Review of Biofluid Biomarkers for Concussive and Subconcussive Brain Trauma

Linda Papa

Ch. 5 Sport-related Concussion Guideline Development: Acute Management to Return-to-activity

Michael G. Hutchison

Ch. 6 Concussion Evaluation and Neurocognitive Outcomes

McKyla McIntyre

Mark Bayley

Ch. 7 Psychological and Mental Health Sequelae of Concussion: Prevalence, Treatment Recommendations, Novel Biomarkers, and Diagnostic Challenges

Amanda K. Ceniti

Sakina J. Rizvi

Sidney H. Kennedy

Ch. 8 Management of Concussion and Prolonged Symptoms Post Concussion

Shawn Marshall

Jacqueline van Ierssel

Ch. 9 Neuroprotective Pharmacological Antioxidant Therapies for Concussions

Edward D. Hall

Eugene Park

Andrew J. Baker

Ch. 10 Sex, Gender and Concussion

Angela Colantonio

Ch. 11 Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

David G. Munoz

Ian R. Mackenzie