Brain injury medicine; principles and practice.9781888799934 Brain injury medicine; principles and practice. Ed. by Nathan D. Zasler et al. Demos Medical Publishing, Inc. 2006 1275 pages $199.00 Hardcover RD594 This heavy tome serves as a desk reference on all aspects of brain injury medicine for physiatrists, neurologists, psychiatrists, students, and other physicians. Zasler (physical medicine and rehabilitation physical medicine and rehabilitation or physiatry or physical therapy or rehabilitation medicine Medical specialty treating chronic disabilities through physical means to help patients return to a comfortable, productive life despite a medical , Virginia Commonwealth U. and U. of Virginia) et al. compile 66 chapters by an international group of authors, who cover the assessment, management, and rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. of patients with traumatic brain injury Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury and is one of two subsets of acquired brain (TBI TBI 1. Thyroxine-binding index 2. Total body irradiation ). Specifically, topics deal with the clinical continuum of care, natural history of TBI, rehabilitative care in the US and other countries, and training and research. Epidemiology, prevention, and public health issues are discussed, as well as the effects of trauma and recovery on the brain, pathophysiology pathophysiology /patho·phys·i·ol·o·gy/ (-fiz?e-ol´ah-je) the physiology of disordered function. path·o·phys·i·ol·o·gy n. 1. , brain plasticity, and treatments affecting neural recovery. Technologies such as structural and functioning neuroimaging and electrophysiologic techniques are described. Prognosis and outcome is followed by sections on acute care, the care and treatment of specific populations such as older adults and children, and neurologic and neuromusculoskletal problems. Medical management issues dealing with nutrition, sexuality, reproduction, pain disorders, and other topics, are also detailed. The section on medicolegal medicolegal /med·i·co·le·gal/ (med?i-ko-le´g'l) pertaining to medical jurisprudence. med·i·co·le·gal adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with medicine and law. issues can be useful to lawyers and advocates. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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