Mild Head Injury A Guide to Management

Name: Mild Head Injury A Guide to Management
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ISBN: 9780192629395

ISBN-10: 0192629395

ISBN-13: 9780192629395

Edition: 1999

Authors: Philip Wrightson, Dorothy Gronwall

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This is a practical guide to the management of mild head injury, or concussion. It is now generally accepted that post-concussion syndrome has an organic basis and this has resulted in the emergence of clinics, staffed by interdisciplinary teams, dedicated to addressing the problem. After a short account of the history of thinking on mild head injury and its epidemiology, a section on pathology provides the background to the clinical picture. The coverage then moves on to look at the acute stage and management in the emergency department, followed by a description of the clinical features of the persisting symptoms. There are clear descriptions of the measurements, investigations and…

Book details

List price: $170.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/2/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 194
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Introduction


Epidemiology of mild head injury


Mechanisms and pathology


Management in the acute stage


Clinical picture after mild head injury


Neurological assessment


Imaging and other investigations


Assessment of cognition and behaviour


Principles of management


Medication in mild headinjury


Special cases


Mild head injury in sport


Legal aspects of mild head injuries


Appendices


Orientation and memory scales


Precautions for patients allowed home from EDs


Concussion sustained at school


Mild head injury - advice


Getting back to work at the desk


Rivermead symptom check list