Main description:

This new book from leading neurosurgeon and author Gary Kraus is an account of traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the time a brain-injured patient arrives in the emergency department through to the wide range of clinical outcomes of such an injury. Written with the voice of experience, the author examines causation of TBI, the patient's stay in the neuro-intensive care unit and the many neurological assessments and tests that inform the outcomes that the patient and their families will encounter.

A wide range of medical professionals will benefit from Dr Kraus's acute insights into TBI including Neurosurgical residents, Neurosurgeons with a sub-specialist interest in Neuro-Trauma, Neurologists managing patients with post traumatic brain injury, Neuro-Intensivists, Neuro-Psychologists, Researchers/scientists involved in Clinical trial in traumatic brain injury, and those with a specialist interest in Neuro-rehabilitation.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1: Experience as a Neurosurgeon

Chapter 2: Epidemiology

Chapter 3: Can Significant Brain Damage Go Unrecognized

Chapter 4: Traumatic brain injury classification, scales and definitions

Chapter 5: Neurobiology of TBI: mechanical injury and blast injury

Chapter 6: Cognitive function and neuroanatomy of the Brain

Chapter 7: Agnosias, Aphasias, Apraxias, Agraphias, etc

Chapter 8: Imaging

Chapter 9: Acute Neurosurgical Management of Brain Injury

Chapter 10: Recovery and Rehabilitation

Chapter 11: Long Term Outcome: Prognosis

Chapter 12: Life care planning/ Socioeconomic Consequences