UID:
almafu_9959241240002883
Format:
1 online resource (305 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-44027-9
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9786610440276
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1-4237-3466-1
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0-19-802200-X
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1-60256-593-7
Content:
Despite extensive documentation of postconcussion symptoms, the sequelae of mild head injury have not been fully appreciated until recent years. This book provides the first comprehensive discussion of current advances in the understanding, treatment, and management of mild head injury. In a lucid fashion, the contributors discuss neurosurgical strategies and neurobehavioral outcome in adults and children, neuroimaging and neurophysiological methods of investigation, experimental models, sports injuries, and psychosocial and epidemiological aspects. Innovative programs to mitigate disability a
Note:
Based on a conference held at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Mar. 20-21, 1987.
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Contents; Contributors; 1. Historical Notes on the Postconcussion Syndrome; 2. The Epidemiology of Mild Head Injury; 3. Some International Comparisons; 4. Morphopathological Change Associated with Mild Head Injury; 5. Neurochemical Mechanisms of Mild and Moderate Head Injury: Implications for Treatment; 6. Complications After Apparently Mild Head Injury and Strategies of Neurosurgical Management; 7. Mild Head Injury in Children; 8. Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Mild to Moderate Head Injury; 9. Neurophysiological Assessment of Mild Head Injury
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10. Cumulative and Persisting Effects of Concussion on Attention and Cognition11. Assessment of Attention in Mild Head Injury; 12. Recovery of Memory After Mild Head Injury: A Three-Center Study; 13. Neurobehavioral Outcome of Mild Head Injury in Children; 14. Postconcussion Symptoms: Relationship to Acute Neurological Indices, Individual Differences, and Circumstances of Injury; 15. Neuropsychological Recovery: Relationship to Psychosocial Functioning and Postconcussional Complaints; 16. Management of Disability and Rehabilitation Services After Mild Head Injury
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17. Mild Head Injury in Sports: Neuropsychological Sequelae and Recovery of Function18. Neurosurgeon as Victim; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-505301-X
Language:
English
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