Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1936287277 ISBN 13: 9781936287277

Publisher: Demos Medical, 2012

Synopsis

Brain Injury Medicine is a clear and comprehensive guide to all aspects of the management of traumatic brain injury-from early diagnosis and evaluation through the post-acute period and rehabilitation. An essential reference for physicians and other health care professionals who work with brain injured patients, the book focuses on assessment and treatment of the wider variety of clinical problems these patients face and addresses many associated concerns such as epidemiology, ethical issues, legal issues, and life-care planning. Written by over 190 acknowledged leaders, the text covers the full spectrum of the practice of brain injury medicine including principles of neural recovery, neuroimaging and neurodiagnostic testing, prognosis and outcome, acute care, rehabilitation, treatment of specific populations, neurologic and other medical problems following injury, cognitive and behavioral problems, post-traumatic pain disorders, pharmacologic and alternative treatments, and community reentry and productivity.

Brain Injury Medicine, 2nd Edition Features:

• The acknowledged gold-standard of Brain Injury Medicine has been completely revised and updated throughout
• Multi-disciplinary focus-expert authorship from a wide range of specialties promotes a holistic team approach to a complex, many-faceted condition
• Covers the entire continuum of care from early diagnosis and assessment through acute management, rehabilitation, associated medical and quality of life issues, and functional outcomes

New to the Second Edition:

• Three new Associate Editors from related disciplines provide added expertise
• Six new sections: acute rehabilitative care, pediatric TBI, special senses, autonomic and other organ system problems, post-trauma pain disorders, complementary and alternative therapies
• 25 new chapters
• Print Digital Access: Purchase price includes enhanced e-book containing the complete and fully searchable text plus additional digital-only content

About this title

About the Author

Nathan D. Zasler, MD, FAAPM&R, FAADEP, DAAPM is an internationally respected physician who specializes in acquired brain injury (ABI) care and neurorehabilitation. He is CEO and Medical Director of the Concussion Care Centre of Virginia, an outpatient neurorehabilitation practice specializing, as well as, Tree of Life, a transitional neurorehabilitation and long term care program for persons with ABI. Dr. Zasler is chief editor of the international scientific publications NeuroRehabilitation, The International Neurotrauma Letter, and Brain Injury. He currently serves as the Chairperson of the International Brain Injury Association.

||Douglas I. Katz, MD is a neurologist specializing in patients with traumatic brain injury. He has been at Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital for nearly 20 years where he is Medical Director of Brain Injury Programs. He is presently with Boston University Neurology Associates and Associate Professor of Neurology at Boston University School of Medicine.|Ross D. Zafonte, DO is Earle P. and Ida S .Charlton Professor and Chair Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, Vice President Medical Affairs for The Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and Chief Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr Zafonte has been an active clinician and researcher in the area of brain injury as well as principal investigator for the University of Pittsburgh's NIDRR TBI Model System and NIH TBI Clinical Trials Center

Edition details

• Publisher: Demos Medical
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936287277
• ISBN 13: 9781936287277
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 1500
• Editor: Zasler Nathan, Katz Douglas, Zafonte Ross