Pediatric traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability in children and adolescents around the world and represents a global public health issue. Major improvements in the medical treatment of the initial injury have increased survival rates resulting in the focus shifting to conside...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Anderson, Vicki, 1958- (-), Yeates, Keith Owen
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press c2010.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Cambridge medicine Pediatric traumatic brain injury
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798322306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Pediatric traumatic brain injury : new frontiers in clinical and translational research / Vicki Anderson and Keith Owen Yeates
  • Biomechanics of pediatric TBI / Susan S. Margulies and Brittany Coats
  • Neurobiology of TBI sustained during development / Mayumi L. Prins, Christopher C. Giza, and David A. Hovda
  • Using serum biomarkers to diagnose, assess, treat, and predict outcome after pediatric TBI / Rachel P. Berger [and others]
  • Clinical trials for pediatric TBI / P. David Adelson
  • Advanced neuroimaging techniques in children with traumatic brain injury / Stephen Ashwal [and others]
  • Neurobehavioral outcomes of pediatric mild traumatic brain injury / Michael W. Kirkwood and Keith Owen Yeates
  • Very long-term neuropsychological and behavioral consequences of mild and complicated mild TBI : increased impact of pediatric versus adult TBI / Erik Hessen
  • Neurobehavioral outcomes of pediatric traumatic brain injury / H. Gerry Taylor
  • Neuropscyhological rehabilitation in children with traumatic brain injuries / Ingrid van't Hooft
  • Psychosocial interventions / Shari L. Wade
  • Pediatric TBI : challenges for treatment and rehabilitation / Cathy Catroppa and Vicki Anderson
  • Integrating multidisciplinary research for translation from the laboratory to the clinic / Bryan Kolb and Robbin Gibb.