Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability worldwide, but the diagnosis and treatment of it, especially mild TBI, remains an inexact science. This concise guide offers summaries of the most pertinent areas of TBI diagnosis and therapy.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability worldwide. Each year 1.7 million new TBIs occur in the United States, and it is also considered a signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Despite the relatively high incidence-within both civilian and military populations-the diagnosis and treatment, particularly of mild TBI/concussion, remains an inexact science. Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation is a concise guide designed for neurologists, primary care, and sports physicians and other medical providers, psychologists and neuropsychologists, and athletic trainers who may evaluate and care for patients with TBI. The book features summaries of the most pertinent areas of diagnosis and therapy, which can be readily accessed by the busy clinician/professional. In addition, the book's treatment algorithms provide a highly practical reference to cutting edge therapies. A superb contribution to the literature, Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation offers a well-designed, well-written, useful resource for all providers who treat patients with TBI.

Contains numerous useful treatment algorithms Concise content summaries aid the busy clinician Emphasizes treatment of the mild manifestation on TBI

Inhalt
Overview of TBI.- Imaging Diagnosis of TBI.- Neurocognitive Assessment of mTBI.- Management of Moderate and Severe TBI.- Sports Concussion.- Blast-Related Concussion.- Sleep/Wake Disturbances and Fatigue following mTBI.- Vestibular Consequences of mTBI.- Post-Traumatic Headache.- Seizures after TBI.- Endocrine Disturbances following TBI.- Confronting Mild TBI and Co-occurring PTSD Symptoms in Combat Deployed Service Members.- Behavioral and Psychiatric Comorbidities of TBI.- Rehabilitation of TBI.- Interventions to Improve Cognitive Functioning after TBI.- Current Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. - Appendix: Coding for TBI.