Essentials of spinal cord medicine / Sunil Sabharwal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sabharwal, Sunil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries.

Spinal cord.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Medical, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This compact text is a practical, concise guide for clinicians involved in the care of patients with spinal cord injuries and disorders. It covers a comprehensive and diverse list of topics encompassing the principles and practice of spinal cord injury care, including basic science fundamentals, traumatic spinal cord injury, non-traumatic myelopathies, physical function and rehabilitation, medical consequences and complications of spinal cord injury, psychosocial and quality of life issues, and systems-based practice. Chapters are consistently formatted for ease of use and are organized under

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Section I. Basic Science Fundamentals; Chapter 1: Applied Anatomy and Physiology of the Spinal Cord; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 2: Pathophysiology of Spinal Cord Injury; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 3: Research in Neuroprotection, Regeneration, and Repair of the Injured Spinal Cord; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading

Section II. Traumatic Spinal Cord InjuryChapter 4: Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 5: Primary Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 6: Prehospital Management of Spinal Cord Injury; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 7: Imaging of the Injured Spine and Spinal Cord; General Principles

Clinical ConsiderationsKnowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 8: Early Hospital Care Following SCI: Medical, Surgical, and Rehabilitation; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 9: Spinal Orthoses; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 10: Neurological Assessment for Classification of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading

Chapter 11: Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in ChildrenGeneral Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Section III. Nontraumatic Myelopathies; Chapter 12: Nontraumatic Myelopathies: Overview and Approach; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 13: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 14: Nontraumatic Cauda Equina Syndrome; General Principles; Clinical Considerations

Knowledge Gaps and Emerging ConceptsSuggested Reading; Chapter 15: Tumors of the Spineand Spinal Cord; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 16: Vascular Myelopathy-Spinal Cord Infarction; GeneralConsiderations; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 17: Spinal Cord Hemorrhage and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations; General Principles; Clinical Considerations; Knowledge Gaps and Emerging Concepts; Suggested Reading; Chapter 18: Multiple Sclerosis; General Principles

Clinical Considerations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61705-075-X

OCLC:

866838071