Libri di Jack Jallo

In Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Brain, leading clinicians present widely accepted guidelines and evidence-based practices for the management of patients with traumatic brain injury. Divided into five main sections, the book guides the clinician through the science, management, critical care, outcomes, and important socioeconomic issues relevant to patient care. Special Features: * Offers the valuable team approach and recommendations of renowned surgeons, clinicians, rehabilitation specialists, and researchers * Includes guidelines for injuries ranging from mild to moderate, severe, and penetrating, and for treating brain injury in children * Covers the related intensive care issues of neurologic, pulmonary, cardiovascular, and infection management and nutrition and fluid control * Reviews fundamental science concepts, including pathophysiology, monitoring and imaging, biomarkers and classification systems for brain injury * Provides hundreds of concise summary tables and illustrations to help digest complex information * Discusses ethics and important end-of-life issues With an integrated management approach to injury and rehabilitation that goes well beyond initial surgery, Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Brain will enable neurosurgeons, neurologists, physicians in trauma, critical care, and rehabilitation medicine, and residents in these specialties to optimize patient care and outcomes. It is also useful as a guide for board exam preparation. The companion volume to this book is Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Spine.

Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Spine provides a concise review of the current surgical interventions and medical treatments for patients with traumatic spine injuries. Experts in the fields of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery lead clinicians through each stage of patient care, from prehospital care to initial assessment to diagnostic work up and finally through operative and nonoperative treatments. The book places special emphasis on critical care of the patient and provides insight into future techniques for management. Features: * Review of fundamental science concepts, including pathophysiology, spinal cord regeneration, and the biomechanics of the spine * Guidelines for selecting appropriate imaging modalities and administering diagnostic tests, such as electrophysiological studies * Thorough descriptions of preoperative evaluation and medical optimization of the patient * Chapters covering such important topics as pediatric management, multidisciplinary approaches to rehabilitation and recovery, socioeconomic issues, and ethical issues * Summary tables that synthesize the literature and provide an overview of treatment options * More than 130 high-quality illustrations demonstrating key concepts Guiding clinicians from assessment through rehabilitation, this book presents a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach that will enable neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, trauma and emergency specialists, and residents in these specialties to optimize patient care. The companion volume to this book is Neurotrauma and Critical Care of the Brain .