Table of Contents
Ch. 1. Epidemiology of brain injury -- Ch. 2. Emergency care and initial evaluation -- Ch. 3. Management of the multiply injured or intoxicated patient -- Ch. 4. Imaging evaluation -- Ch. 5. Pathology of brain damage after head injury -- Ch. 6. Skull fracture and post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistula -- Ch. 7. Cerebral concussion and diffuse brain injury -- Ch. 8. Injuries of the cranial nerves -- Ch. 9. Intracranial pressure physiology and pathophysiology -- Ch. 10. Medical management of intracranial pressure -- Ch. 11. Intracranial pressure monitoring: techniques and pitfalls --Ch. 12. Post-traumatic intracranial mass lesions -- Ch. 13. Penetrating brain injury -- Ch. 14. Intracranial and cervical vascular injuries -- Ch. 15. Scalp injuries -- Ch. 16. Reconstruction of skull defects -- Ch. 17. Head injury in the pediatric age group -- Ch. 18. Medical management of the traumatic brain-injured patient -- Ch. 19. Basic principles of antimicrobial therapy of CNS infections -- Ch. 20. Prevention and management of seizures in the head-injured patient -- Ch. 21. Nutrition in the patient with severe head injury -- Ch. 22. Neurobehavioral sequelae of head injury -- Ch. 23. Prognosis in severe head injury