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Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient

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Editors:
  1. James M. Ecklund

    1. Neuroscience Department, Inova Neuroscience Institute Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, USA

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  2. Leon E. Moores

    1. Pediatric Neurosciences, Inova Neuroscience Institute, Falls Church, USA

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  • Written by experts ?across multiple disciplines

  • Authors have vast experience with severe neurotrauma

  • Addresses many of the questions which occur when medical professionals of various disciplines interact

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. General Principles and Trauma System Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Difficult Conversation

      • Leon E. Moores
      Pages 3-5

    3. Communication Between Teams and Multidisciplinary Rounds and Single Primary POC for Family Communication—Lessons Learned and Who’s in Charge?

      • A. B. Weisbrod, R. R. Armola, James R. Dunne
      Pages 7-11

    4. Mass Casualty Events and Your Hospital

      • Erich Gerhardt, Gary Vercruysse, Peter Rhee
      Pages 13-19

    5. Rural and Austere Environments

      • Jeffrey M. Lobosky
      Pages 21-27

    6. Prehospital Care and EMS Considerations in the Polytrauma Patient with CNS Injuries

      • Dan B. Avstreih, Scott D. Weir
      Pages 29-44

  3. Arrival at Facility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45
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    2. AIS Versus ISS Versus GCS—What’s Going on Here?

      • Mayur Jayarao, Shelly D. Timmons
      Pages 47-50

    3. Trauma Resuscitation and Fluid Considerations in the Polytrauma Patient with CNS Injury

      • George P. Liao, John B. Holcomb
      Pages 51-59

    4. Initial Imaging Considerations, Repeat Imaging Frequency

      • Krzysztof M. Bochenek
      Pages 61-83

    5. Evidence-Based Review of the Use of Steroids in Neurotrauma

      • Yiping Li, Kimberly Hamilton, Joshua Medow
      Pages 85-91

    6. Interventional Radiology in the Civilian Neurotrauma Setting

      • Richard M. Young, Jeffrey C. Mai
      Pages 93-101

    7. Vertebral Artery Injuries in Penetrating Neck and Cervical Spine Trauma

      • Ralph Rahme, John F. Hamilton
      Pages 103-113

    8. Clearing the Cervical Spine in Blunt Trauma

      • Margaret M. Griffen
      Pages 115-121

    9. Initial Evaluation and Management

      • Nilesh Vyas, Haralamos Gatos
      Pages 123-128

    10. Transport of the Neurotrauma Patient

      • Benjamin R. Huebner, Gina R. Dorlac, Warren C. Dorlac
      Pages 129-138

  4. The Operating Room/Damage Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Multiple Surgical Teams in the O. R. at Once—Priority of Effort and Who Takes the Lead?

      • Neal D. Mehan, Matthew A. Bank, Jamie S. Ullman, Raj K. Narayan
      Pages 141-146

    3. Laparotomy for Refractory ICP

      • Craig Shriver, Amy Vertrees
      Pages 147-152
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About this book

         This text addresses many of the questions which occur when medical professionals of various disciplines interact and have different plans and interventions, each with its own valid scientific and/or experience-based rationale:  Questions involving tourniquet placement, ideal fluids and volumes for resuscitation, VTE prophylaxis and many other management considerations. Straightforward decisions in the patient with a single diagnosis often conflict when applied to the neurologically injured polytrauma patients.         Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient answers as many of these questions as possible based on the current literature, vast experience with severe neurotrauma in the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the experience of trauma experts across the globe as well as proposes areas for future study where answers are currently less clear.  

Reviews

“The purpose is to describe the integration of management for neurological injuries into the care of patients with trauma to multiple organ systems. Senior trainees with an interest in trauma or providers in a multidisciplinary trauma practice are an appropriate audience. … a useful guide for neurosurgeons and those in other disciplines addressing injury. Neurosurgeons will better understand what to expect from other trauma team members, while the trauma team will have data describing optimal protection of the brain.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Neuroscience Department, Inova Neuroscience Institute Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Falls Church, USA

    James M. Ecklund

  • Pediatric Neurosciences, Inova Neuroscience Institute, Falls Church, USA

    Leon E. Moores

About the editors

James M. Ecklund, M.D., F.A.C.S. serves as Chairman of the Inova Neuroscience Institute. Prior to joining Inova Medical Group, he served as Professor and Chairman of the Neurosurgery Program of the National Capital Consortium, which includes Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center and the Uniformed Services University. He is a retired colonel in the U.S Army and was deployed as a Neurosurgeon to both Afghanistan and Iraq. His program received the vast majority of American neurotrauma casualties.



Dr. Ecklund’s primary clinical and research interests include complex spine, cerebrovascular disease and neurotrauma with an emphasis on blast and penetrating injury. He directs a neurotrauma laboratory at the Uniformed Services University, has over 100 publications and abstracts, and has lectured throughout the world. He also has served on multiple oversight and advisory boards for the Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, NATO, Neurotrauma Foundation, and Brain Trauma Foundation.



Leon E. Moores, MD, MS, FACS is the CEO of Pediatric Specialists of Virginia and the Associate Chair for Pediatric Programs at the Inova Neuroscience Institute. He retired as a Colonel from the US Army where he led as an Infantry Platoon Leader, Chief of Neurosurgery at Walter Reed, Chairman of the Department of Surgery at Walter Reed, Deputy Commander of the National Naval Medical Center, and Commander of the Fort Meade Medical System. Dr Moores also served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
 
Dr Moores’ clinical and research interests center on brain and spinal tumors in children, CNS infections in combat soldiers, and complex craniofacial reconstruction in severe head and facial trauma. He is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University, and a Professor of Neurosurgery at Virginia Commonwealth University.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient

  • Editors: James M. Ecklund, Leon E. Moores

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40206-2Published: 19 January 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82053-8Published: 28 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40208-6Published: 12 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 340

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neurosurgery, Traumatic Surgery, Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

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