Acute brain and spinal cord injury : evolving paradigms and management

Acute brain and spinal cord injury : evolving paradigms and management / edited by Anish Bhardwaj, Dilantha B. Ellegala, Jeffrey R. Kirsch.

"The clinical management of patients with acute brain and spinal cord injury has evolved significantly with the advent of new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Editors Bhardwaj, Ellegala, and Kirsch present Acute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury, a new standalone reference to help today's...

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Other Authors: Bhardwaj, Anish, Ellegala, Dilantha B., Kirsch, Jeffrey R., 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Informa Healthcare, ©2008.
Series:Neurological disease and therapy ; v. 95.
Subjects:
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Treatment.
Spinal cord > Brain and injuries > Treatment.
Cerebrovascular disease > Treatment.
MEDICAL > Surgery > Neurosurgery.
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Treatment
Cerebrovascular disease > Treatment
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Table of Contents:
  • Decompressive hemicraniectomy in the management of severe traumatic brain injury / Ian F. Dunn and Dilantha B. Ellegala
  • Cerebroprotective strategies in bedside management of traumatic brain injury / Ganesh M. Shankar, Ian F. Dunn, and Dong H. Kim
  • Diffuse axonal injury and dysautonomia / Richard H. Singleton, David O. Okonkwo, and P. David Adelson
  • Neuromonitoring in traumatic brain injury / Rene Celis and Claudia S. Robertson
  • Hypothermia and pharmacologic coma in the treatment of traumatic brain injury / Gordon Li [and others]
  • Pediatric traumatic brain injury / Zachary N. Litvack and Nathan R. Selden.
  • Decompressive hemicraniectomy for large hemispheric infarctions / Eric Jüttler, Alfred Aschoff, and Stefan Schwab
  • Anticoagulation in ischemic stroke / Carolyn A. Cronin and Robert J. Wityk
  • Angioplasty and stenting of cervical carotid, intracranial, and vertebral arteries / Aclan Dogan [and others]
  • Neuromonitoring in ischemic stroke / Kairash Golshani, Emun Abdu, and Anish Bhardwaj
  • Surgical evacuation of intracerebral hemorrhage / Patrick C. Hsieh [and others]
  • Management of blood pressure and intracranial hypertension in intracerebral hemorrhage / Gustavo J. Rodríguez, Qaisar A. Shah, and Adnan I. Qureshi.
  • Diagnostic evaluation of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage / Jonathan A. Edlow
  • Surgical versus endovascular aneurysmal exclusion / Aaron W. Grossman, Anil V. Yallapragada, and Giuseppe Lanzino
  • Diagnosis and medical management of vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia / Olga Helena Hernandez and Jose I. Suarez
  • Pharmacologic cerebroprotection in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage / Yekaterina Axelrod, Salah Keyrouz, and Michael N. Diringer
  • Use of anticonvulsants and corticosteroids in SAH / Panayiotis N. Varelas and Lotfi Hacein-Bey.
  • Management of electrolyte and metabolic derangements in subarachnoid hemorrhage / Tarik Hanane and Eelco F.M. Widjicks
  • Management of cardiopulmonary dysfunction in subarachnoid hemorrhage / Thomas P. Bleck
  • Neuroradiologic interventional procedures for cerebral vasospasm / Pascal M. Jabbour, Erol Veznedaroglu, and Robert H. Rosenwasser
  • Intraoperative management of spinal cord injury / Dawn Dillman and Ansgar Brambrink
  • Medical management of acute spinal cord injury / Steven Casha and R. John Hurlbert
  • Pediatric spine injury / Brian Jankowitz, David O. Okonkwo, and Christopher Shaffrey.

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