Brain Injury Medicine: Principles and Practice

Contents......Page 8
Color Plates......Page 242
Preface......Page 14
Foreword......Page 16
Contributors......Page 18
I. PERSPECTIVES ON REHABILITATIVE CARE AND RESEARCH......Page 30
1. Clinical Continuum of Care and Natural History......Page 32
2. Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Past, Present, and Future?......Page 44
3. International Perspectives on TBI Rehabilitation......Page 50
4. Training and Certification of Care Providers for Persons Sustaining TBI......Page 56
5. Conducting Research in TBI: Current Concepts and Issues......Page 62
II. EPIDEMIOLOGY, PREVENTION, NEUROPATHOLOGY, AND NEURAL RECOVERY......Page 72
6. The Epidemiology of TBI: Implications for Public Health......Page 74
7. Primary Prevention......Page 86
8. TBI: Pathobiology......Page 110
9. Concepts of CNS Plasticity and Their Implications for Understanding Recovery After Brain Damage......Page 126
10. Advances in Innovative Therapies to Enhance Neural Recovery......Page 138
III. NEUROIMAGING AND NEURODIAGNOSTIC TESTING......Page 156
11. Static Neuroimaging in the Evaluation of TBI......Page 158
12. Functional Neuroimaging of TBI......Page 178
13. Electrophysiologic Assessment Techniques: Evoked Potentials and Electroencephalography......Page 186
IV. PROGNOSIS AND OUTCOME......Page 196
14. Prognosis After Severe TBI: A Practical, Evidence-Based Approach......Page 198
15. Neuroimaging Correlates of Functional Outcome......Page 230
16. Functional Assessment in TBI Rehabilitation......Page 262
17. Life Expectancy......Page 284
V. ACUTE CARE......Page 300
18. TBI: Pathology, Pathophysiology, Acute Care and Surgical Management, Critical Care Principles, and Outcomes......Page 302
19. Assessment, Early Rehabilitation Intervention, and Tertiary Prevention......Page 320
VI. REHABILITATIVE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC POPULATIONS......Page 340
20. TBI: A Pediatric Perspective......Page 342
21. The Older Adult......Page 352
22. Mild TBI......Page 370
23 Post-Concussive Disorder......Page 410
24. Sport-Related Concussion......Page 444
25. Assessment and Rehabilitative Management of Individuals with Disorders of Consciousness......Page 460
VII. NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS......Page 478
26. Post-Traumatic Seizures and Epilepsy......Page 480
27. Movement Disorders After TBI......Page 506
28. Balance and Dizziness......Page 528
29. Evaluating and Treating Visual Dysfunction......Page 548
30. Cranial Nerve Disorders......Page 566
31. Fatigue: Assessment and Treatment......Page 582
32. Sleep Disturbances: Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment......Page 594
33. Diagnosis and Management of Late Intracranial Complications of TBI......Page 614
VIII. NEUROMUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS......Page 640
34. Complications Associated with Immobility After TBI......Page 642
35. Assessing and Treating Muscle Overactivity in the Upper Motoneuron Syndrome......Page 652
IX. MEDICAL MANAGEMENT ISSUES......Page 692
36. Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Issues......Page 694
37. Sexuality, Reproduction, and Neuroendocrine Disorders Following TBI......Page 710
38. Post-Traumatic Pain Disorders: Medical Assessment and Management......Page 734
39. Psychological Approaches to Comprehensive Pain Assessment and Management Following TBI......Page 760
40. Neurorehabilitation Nursing of Persons with TBI: From Injury to Recovery......Page 780
X. COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS......Page 800
41. Cognitive Rehabilitation......Page 802
42. Cognitive Impairments After TBI......Page 816
43. Neuropsychological Assessment and Treatment of TBI......Page 828
44. Principles of Behavioral Analysis and Modification......Page 852
45. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of TBI......Page 872
XI. SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND SWALLOWING PROBLEMS......Page 900
46. Assessment and Treatment of Speech and Language Disorders in TBI......Page 902
47. Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Problems After TBI......Page 924
48. Cognitive-Communication Deficits Following TBI......Page 932
XII. MOTOR RECOVERY, FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY, AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING......Page 948
49. Neuroscientific Basis for Occupational and Physical Therapy Interventions......Page 950
50. Therapy Interventions for Mobility Impairments and Motor Skill Acquisition After TBI......Page 966
51. Therapy for Activities of Daily Living: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives......Page 984
XIII. NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS......Page 998
52. Pharmacotherapy of Neuropsychiatric Disturbances......Page 1000
53. Pharmacotherapy of Cognitive Impairment......Page 1032
54. Neuropharmacology: A Rehabilitation Perspective......Page 1060
55. Nutraceuticals......Page 1074
56. Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory in the Mechanism and Treatment of TBI......Page 1088
57. Complementary and Alternative Medicine......Page 1098
XIV. PSYCHOSOCIAL AND VOCATIONAL ISSUES......Page 1120
58. Community Reentry Issues and Long-Term Care......Page 1122
59. The Treatment of Substance Abuse in Persons with TBI......Page 1142
60. A Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Family Members of Persons with TBI......Page 1154
61. Return to Work Following TBI......Page 1168
XV. MEDICOLEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES......Page 1186
62. Medicolegal Aspects of TBI......Page 1188
63. Ethical Issues in Clinicolegal Practice......Page 1200
64. Assessment of Response Bias in Clinical and Forensic Evaluations of Impairment Following TBI......Page 1220
65. Decision-Making Capacity After TBI: Clinical Assessment and Ethical Implications......Page 1242
66. Life Care Planning After TBI: Clinical and Forensic Issues......Page 1260
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