Traumatic Brain Injury: A Neurosurgeon's Perspective

Gary Kraus (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

196 Seiten

2023
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-032-39489-3 (ISBN)

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This new book from leading neurosurgeon and author Gary Kraus is an account of traumatic brain injury (TBI) from the time a brain-injured patient arrives in the emergency department through to the wide range of clinical outcomes of such an injury. Written with the voice of experience, the author examines causation of TBI, the patient’s stay in the neuro-intensive care unit and the many neurological assessments and tests that inform the outcomes that the patient and their families will encounter.

A wide range of medical professionals will benefit from Dr Kraus’s acute insights into TBI including Neurosurgical residents, Neurosurgeons with a sub-specialist interest in Neuro-Trauma, Neurologists managing patients with post traumatic brain injury, Neuro-Intensivists, Neuro-Psychologists, Researchers/scientists involved in Clinical trial in traumatic brain injury, and those with a specialist interest in Neuro-rehabilitation.

Doctor Gary Kraus is the Founder of Kraus TBI, Brain and Spine Institute in Houston, Texas. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Neurosurgery, is Fellowship trained, and recognized as a top Houston neurosurgeon by his peers and patients. Dr. Kraus has special expertise in the area of non-surgical and minimally invasive Treatments of spinal problems. Although he has performed thousands of surgical procedures, Dr. Kraus routinely treats pain patients without surgery. His patients find him to be approachable and his demeanor is kind and compassionate. Dr. Kraus has always held to a higher standard in patient care for which he receives many honors and awards.

Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Experience as a neurosurgeon. Epidemiology. Can significant brain damage go unrecognized?. Traumatic brain injury classification, scales, and definitions. Neurobiology of TBI: Mechanical injury and blast injury. Cognitive function and neuroanatomy of the brain. Agnosias, aphasias, apraxias, agraphias, etc. Imaging. Acute neurosurgical management of brain injury. Recovery and rehabilitation. Long-term outcome: Prognosis. Life care planning and socioeconomic consequences. References. Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	11.07.2023
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 22 Line drawings, color; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 75 Halftones, color; 37 Halftones, black and white; 97 Illustrations, color; 42 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	476 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Neurochirurgie
	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Unfallchirurgie / Orthopädie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
ISBN-10	1-032-39489-7 / 1032394897
ISBN-13	978-1-032-39489-3 / 9781032394893
Zustand	Neuware