"Traumatic Brain Injury" ed. by Farid Sadaka

This book provides an excellent and detailed overview of the management of patients with traumatic brain injury, in a stepwise approach, from the intensive care unit, through to discharge from the hospital, rehabilitation, recovery and assimilation in family and society.

This book discusses mechanisms of pathophysiology pertaining to traumatic brain injury and provides grounds for future research in traumatic brain injury, especially pertaining to pathophysiology, imaging, neuroprognostication, rehabilitation, recovery, and outcomes.

Contents
Preface
1 Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review of Terminology, Symptomatology, Clinical Considerations and Future Directions
2 Indications for Brain Computed Tomography Scan After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
3 Current Therapeutic Modalities, Enzyme Kinetics, and Redox Proteomics in Traumatic Brain Injury
4 Uncovering the Path to Neurodegeneration from Playingfield to Battlefield
5 Substance P: A Novel Target in the Treatment of Cerebral Oedema and Elevated Intracranial Pressure Following Traumatic Brain Injury
6 The Non Invasive Brain Injury Evaluation, NIBIE - A New Image Technology for Studying the Mechanical Consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury
7 Management of Traumatic Brain Injury in the Intensive Care Unit
8 Prevention of Seizures Following Traumatic Brain Injury
9 Immediate Treatment of the Anticoagulated Patient with Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
10 Surgical Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
11 Nutrition in Traumatic Brain Injury: Focus on the Immune Modulating Supplements
12 Evidence-Based Treatment of Chronic Subdural Hematoma
13 Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: An Overview
14 Physiotherapeutic Procedures for the Treatment of Contractures in Subjects with Traumatic Brain Injury fTBfl
15 Heterotopic Ossification after Traumatic Brain Injury
16 Auditory/Visual Integration Assessment and Treatment in Brain Injury Rehabilitation
17 Returning Individuals with Mild to Moderate Brain Injury Back to Work: A Systematic Client Centered Approach
18 Understanding, Assessing and Treating Prospective Memory Dysfunctions in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients
19 Approaches to Managing Executive Cognitive Functioning Impairment Following TBI: A Focus on Facilitating Community Participation
20 Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury
21 Long-Lasting Mental Fatigue After Traumatic Brain Injury - A Major Problem Most Often Neglected Diagnostic Criteria, Assessment, Relation to Emotional and Cognitive Problems, Cellular Background, and Aspects on Treatment
22 Attentional Processing in Traumatic Brain Injury and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
23 Traumatic Brain Injuries and Sleep/Wake Disorders
24 Memory Deficits and Transcription Factor Activity Following Traumatic Brain Injury