Management of brain-injured children / edited by Richard Appleton and Tony Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Appleton, Richard, 1955-

Baldwin, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain-damaged children--Rehabilitation.

Brain-damaged children.

Brain Injuries.

Brain Injuries--rehabilitation.

Child.

Craniocerebral Trauma.

Infant.

Medical Subjects:

Brain Injuries.

Brain Injuries--rehabilitation.

Child.

Craniocerebral Trauma.

Infant.

Physical Description:

x, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Brain injuries are common in children, typically following head trauma but also complicating meningitis, encephalitis, cerebrovascular haemorrhage (stroke) and brain tumours. Many children suffer irreversible impairments and are left with major physical, educational and behavioural disabilities. This has tremendous implications for health, education and social services. The survivors of brain injuries pose a significant burden on the NHS, the community and families. Despite this, resources are limited or non-existent in many parts of the UK and, consequently, many hospitals, schools and education authorities, and social services are unsure how to address the many problems shown by these children and their families.

The new edition of Management of Brain Injured Children provides a detailed account of brain injuries in children. It considers how common they are, why they occur, and how they may be prevented. It also explains how children are resuscitated following the acute insult, and provides a comprehensive description of how the physical, communicative, educational, and behavioural effects are managed, in both the short- and long-term, and how this impacts on the family. A parent's experience of having a child who suffered a severe head injury provides an invaluable contribution, as does the account of her daughter, now a teenager. The book concludes with appendices detailing useful support organisations and relevant governmental and other agencies' publications. Referencing is thorough and up-to-date, providing readers with useful sources of information for additional reading.

Contents:

Epidemiology: incidence, causes, severity and outcome / Richard Appleton

Resuscitation and acute treatment of brain injuries (traumatic and atraumatic) / Jane Ratcliffe

Head (brain) injury rehabilitation team / Richard Appleton, Liz Furlong, and Tony Baldwin

Immediate medical and nursing needs / Liz Furlong ... [et al.]

Assessment and management of physical (motor and functional) difficulties / Nicola Henderson, Eileen Kinley, Sue Loughran with contributions from Susie Harrison, Paul Ritson, and Juliet Weston

Assessment and management of feeding and swallowing difficulties / Helen Gore and Suzanne Wood

Speech and language difficulties / Helen Gore and Suzanne Wood

Cognitive problems / Tony Baldwin ... [et al.]

Emotional, behavioural, psychiatric and social problems / Colin Demellweek, Peter Rankin, and Tony Baldwin

The impact of brain injury on the family / Colin Demellweek and Richard Appleton

Community liaison / Jackie Gregg and Tony Baldwin

Prevention of brain injury / Jackie Gregg and Richard Appleton

The future / Richard Appleton

A parent's and her daughter's view / Paula and Lizzie Pearson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198567243

OCLC:

62736889

Publisher Number:

9780198567240 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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