Traumatic brain injury . Part II / / Jordan Grafman, Andres M. Salazar, volume editors

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Oxford, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Elsevier B.V., , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (389 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.481044
• Soggetto topico: Brain damage - Treatment; Brain damage - Diagnosis
• Persona (resp. second.): GrafmanJordan; SalazarAndres M.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Traumatic Brain Injury Part II; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents of Part II; Contents of Part I; Section 6: Clinical Sequelae and Long-term Outcome; Chapter 29: Predicting Outcome After Traumatic Brain Injury; Introduction; Methodology of Prognostic Studies; Expressing Prognostic Strength; Choice and Selection of Predictors; Scoring and Handling of Predictors; Missing data; Outcome Measures for Prognostic Studies in Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury; Building Blocks for Prognostic Analysis; ``Traditional ́ ́ Predictors; Demographic Factors; Injury Details ; Clinical SeverityExtracranial Injuries; Intracranial Injuries; Second Insults; Novel and Emerging Predictors; Genetic Constitution; Laboratory Values and Biomarkers; Advanced MR Imaging Techniques; Clinical Course; Available models for traumatic brain injury; Prognostic Models; Available Models for Traumatic Brain Injury; Applications of Prognostic Models; Conclusion and Future Directions; References; Chapter 30: Movement Disorders Secondary to Craniocerebral Trauma; Introduction; Movement Disorders in Craniocerebral Trauma; Epidemiology; Pathomechanisms; Treatment Concepts ; Post-traumatic tremorTreatment; Medical Treatment; Surgical Treatment; Post-traumatic Dystonia; Treatment; Medical Treatment; Surgical Treatment; Other Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders; Chorea and Ballism; Paroxysmal Autonomic Instability With Dystonia; Paroxysmal Dyskinesias; Tics and Tourettism; Unusual post-traumatic Hyperkinesias; Post-traumatic Parkinsonism and Parkinson's Disease; Parkinsonism After Single Head Injury; Parkinsonism After Repeated Head Injury; Parkinson's Disease and Head Trauma; References ; Chapter 31: Language Impairments in Traumatic Brain Injury: a Window Into complex Cognitive PerformanceIntroduction; Overview of the Movie the King's Speech Highlighting the Main Ideas and Themes; Language in Traumatic Brain Injury; Construct of Gist Reasoning: A complex Language Function; Neurobiological Support of Gist Reasoning; Theoretical Support of Gist Reasoning; Measurement of Gist Reasoning; Gist Reasoning and Traumatic Brain Injury; Higher-order/complex Language Rehabilitation; Gist Reasoning and Cognition; Future Directions; Conclusions; References ; Chapter 32: Connecting Clinical and Experimental Investigations Of awareness in Traumatic Brain InjuryImpaired Awareness of Deficit After Brain Injury; The Online Experience Of awareness; Brain Injury and Error Awareness in Routine Action; Refining Measurement of Online Awareness; Neural Signals and Disruption to the Emergence of Awareness; Objects of Insight in Online Experiences; Retrospective Confidence and Online Awareness; Prospective Judgments and Online Awareness; Conclusions; References; Chapter 33: Post-traumatic Epilepsy: Clinical Clues to Pathogenesis And paths to Prevention ; Background
• Sommario/riassunto: The Handbook of Clinical Neurology volumes on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) provide the reader with an updated review of emerging approaches to TBI research, clinical management and patient rehabilitation. Chapters in Part II offer coverage of clinical sequelae and long-term outcome, brain plasticity and long-term risks, and clinical trials. Contemporary investigations on blast injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy are presented, making this state-of-the-art volume a must have for clinicians and researchers concerned with the clinical management, or investigation, of TBI. Internationall
• Titolo autorizzato: Traumatic brain injury
• ISBN: 0-444-63534-3; 0-444-63521-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910583326603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Handbook of clinical neurology ; ; Volume 128.