Traumatic Brain Injury A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tsao, Jack W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.

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-th...

Table of Contents:

• 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.