Overview
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Alexander Baethmann
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Institut für Chirurgische Forschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum Grosshadern, München, Federal Republic of Germany
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Oliver Kempski
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Institut für Neurochirurgische Pathophysiologie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany
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Ludwig Schürer
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Neurochirurgische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum Grosshadern, München, Federal Republic of Germany
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Table of contents (23 papers)
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Emergency Care and Treatment in Acute Cerebral Insults
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- J. Douglas Miller, I. R. Piper, N. M. Dearden
Pages 152-159
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- A. Marmarou, R. Holdaway, J. D. Ward, K. Yoshida, S. C. Choi, J. P. Muizelaar et al.
Pages 160-164
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Back Matter
Pages 165-168
About this book
Great progress has been made in the understanding and prevention of secondary brain damage from acute cerebral disorders, such as trauma and ischemia. Advances may be concerned in particular with better organization and logistics of preclinical emergency care, including rapid arrival of well-trained medical staff on the scene of an accident and of transportation to a competent hospital. Nevertheless, it is a safe assumption that development of secondary brain damage from both intra- and extracranial causes still represents a major factor for the final outcome in severe head injury. Thus, exchanges of experiences and information between various disciplines involved with this important clinical problem - trauma still assumes the number one position as a cause of morbidity and mortality up to an age of 45 years - may provide a basis for in-depth analysis of remaining problems as well as of methods of their solution. This exactly is the purpose of the present publication on concepts and findings pertinent for the general subject of secondary brain damage from various experimental as well as clinical viewpoints. An internationally high-ranking group of experts has been contributing to this collection of reviews on cerebral trauma and ischemia and its adverse sequelae, including cerebral exploration by most modern technologies, such as NMR spectroscopy or PET scanning, among others.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institut für Chirurgische Forschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum Grosshadern, München, Federal Republic of Germany
Alexander Baethmann
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Institut für Neurochirurgische Pathophysiologie, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany
Oliver Kempski
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Neurochirurgische Klinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Klinikum Grosshadern, München, Federal Republic of Germany
Ludwig Schürer