Severe head injuries : pathology, diagnosis and treatment /

Severe head injuries are a frequent occurrence in the life of every emergency care specialist, traumatologist, neurosurgeon, and rehabilitation specialist. For example, between 30.000 to 40.000 severe head injuries occur in Germany each year. OVer 75.000 Americans die each year after having suffered...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Bauer, B. L. (Bernhard Ludwig), 1929-, Kuhn, T. J. (Thomas J.), 1959-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Springer, [1997]
Subjects:	Brain damage. Head > Wounds and injuries. Brain Injuries. Traumatismes craniocérébraux. Schädel-Hirn-Trauma. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Clinical Head Injury Trials / R. Braakman
2. Pathophysiology of Brain Injury / T.J. Kuhn
3. The Morphology of Traumatic Head Injury: An Overview / H.D. Mennel
4. Preclinical Emergency Management of Severe Brain Injuries and Polytraumata / P. Sefrin and C. Apfel
5. Preclinical Treatment of Patients With Severe Brain Injuries / J. Piek
6. The Traumatic Carotid Cavernous Fistula: Clinical Features, Diagnosis, and Therapy / S. Bien and J.P. Wakat
7. Guidelines for the Management of Severe Head Injury: An Overview / R.M. Chesnut
8. Cranial Fractures and Traumatic Hematomas / R. Firsching
9. Panfacial Fractures / W. Hochban
10. Cerebral Blood Flow, Hyperventilation, and Metabolism in Severe Head Injury / D.W. Marion
11. Management of Intracranial Hypertension in Pediatric Head Injury / M.J. Fritsch, K.H. Manwaring and D.H. Beyda.