“essential reading for neurosurgeons and is the most accessible and complete reference I have seen..” -New England Journal of Medicine review
Completely incorporates the fields of head injury, spinal injury, and basic neurotrauma research into one source. Emphasizing the treatment of patients with head and spinal cord injury, coverage includes pre-hospital and emergency department care, imaging techniques, operating room management, surgical technique, monitoring and treatment, therapeutic agents and interventions, complications and rehabilitation.
1558 pp, 800 illus.
1996
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.