Broman: Traumatic Brain Injury In Children

Traumatic Head Injury in Children

Edited by SARAH H. BROMAN and MARY ELLEN MICHEL, both of the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS)

“The quality of writing and content of the discussions are uniformly high. I would recommend this work to the full range of readers, from senior researchers and clinicians to students…” -Journal of Child Neuropsychology

A leading cause of death, head trauma in children also results in a spectrum of morbidity affecting cognition, academic achievement, and social interaction. Children are evolving organisms for whom a rigid conceptualization of outcome may misconstrue the effects of traumatic brain injury. For clinicians, this volume will provide easy access into the mainstream of research on traumatic brain injury in children: its pathophysiology, treatment, and outcome. Modern neurodiagnostic techniques have created new possibilities for understanding the neurological basis of the diverse behavioral deficits in head-injured children.

Contents:

I: The Issues 1. Variability in Outcomes after Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: A Developmental Perspective, J.M Fletcher, et al. 2. Epidemiological Features of Brain Injury in Children: Occurrence, Children at Risk, Causes and Manner of Injury, Severity and Outcomes, J.F. Kraus 3. Pathophysiological Responses of the Child’s Brain Following Trauma, D. Bruce II: The Data 4. The Behavioral Sequelae of Serious Head Injury in Children and Adolescents: The British Studies, D. Shaffer 5. Neurobehavioral Outcome of Pediatric Closed Head Injury, H.S. Levin, L. Ewing-Cobbs and H.M Eisenberg 6. Discourse as an Outcome Measure in Pediatric Head Injured populations, S. B. Chapman 7. The UCLA Study of Mild Closed Injury in Children and Adolescents, R.F. Asarnow et al. 8. Cognitive, Behavioral and Motoric Sequelae of Mild Head Injury in a National Birth Cohort, P. Bijur and M. Haslum 9. Attention Deficits in the Long Term after Childhood Head Injury, M. Dennis et al. 10. Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury in Children: The Importance of the Family, G. Taylor et al. III: Life Span Effects, Rehabilitation and Treatment 11. Outcome of Head Injuries from Childhood to Adulthood: A 23 Year Follow-Up Study, H. Klonoff, C. Clark, P.S. Klonoff 12. Recovery of Function in Adults: Lessons for the Study of Pediatric Head Injury outcome, J. Grafman and A. Salazer 13. Evaluating Rehabilitation after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, L.J. Michaud 14. The Prospect of Pediatric Clinical Trial: Experience with Adults Trials, J.D. Ward IV: Commentary 15. Implications for Clinical Care and Cognitive Neuroscience, B.A. Shaywitz 16. A Summing Up, A. Benton.

1995
320 pp.; 36 illus.

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Understanding Subtle Brain Injury

The concussions that disable, are almost always more symptomatic at 24 hours, than at the 2-4 hour time frame when injured persons are evaluated in the emergency room. Brain injury symptoms escalate over the first 24 hours, because brain injury involves a cascade of events. It is critical that if you are still symptomatic the day after your injury, go back to the same Emergency Room, don’t wait for a doctors appointment. It is critical that the Emergency Room personnel see that the symptoms still persist or have gotten worse.

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