Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury / edited by Etrusca Brogi, Federico Coccolini, Alex Valadka, Eric J. Ley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brogi, Etrusca.

Series:

Hot Topics in Acute Care Surgery and Trauma, 2520-8292

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery.

Nervous system--Surgery.

Nervous system.

Critical care medicine.

Anesthesiology.

Neurology.

Nervous system--Radiography.

Neurosurgery.

Intensive Care Medicine.

Neuroradiology.

Local Subjects:

Surgery.

Neurosurgery.

Intensive Care Medicine.

Anesthesiology.

Neurology.

Neuroradiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (541 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.

Summary:

Despite significant improvements in prehospital, critical care and surgical management, traumatic spinal cord injury is still a major cause of disability with devastating physical, social and psychological consequences, leading to significant direct and indirect health care costs. Taking a practical approach, this book addresses all aspects of traumatic spinal cord injury, from the pre-hospital setting to discharge. Furthermore, the book highlights the central role of trauma networks and neurocritical care specialisation.Encouraging a protocol-driven, multidisciplinary approach, the authors provide a methodological description of the diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury throughout the patient's entire course. Neurological injuries and their sequelae assume predominant significance in this type of patient. Patients with traumatic spinal cord injury may suffer from both acute injuries and long-term dysfunctions affecting different types of organs and apparatuses. Bradyarrhythmia, haemodynamic instability, hypothermia, hyperthermia, pain, spasticity and autonomic dysreflexia are just a few examples of the possible debilitating conditions that our patients may suffer from and that, consequently, the clinician must address. Consequently, a multidisciplinary approach is required to provide appropriate clinical management. Paying particular attention to prognosis and the implementation of an early neurorehabilitation programme, the authors examine the challenges of living with spinal cord injury for both patients and families.

Contents:

1. Epidemiology and socioeconomic impact of traumatic spinal cord injury

2. Mechanisms and pathophysiology of spinal cord injury

3. Prehospital evaluation and management, Part I: clinical presentation, spine stabilization, airway management.

4. Prehospital evaluation and management, Part II: fluid and blood pressure management, assessment of hemostasis and correction of coagulopathy.

5. The role of trauma networks and neurocritical care specialization in the treatment of spinal cord injury

6. Spinal cord injury syndromes and classification

7. Neuroradiological imaging: techniques and prognostication

8. Principles and timing of surgical management

9. Anesthesia considerations and intraoperative monitoring

10. Pharmacotherapy

11. Special populations: elderly, pregnant, pediatric, and polytrauma patients

12. Hemodynamic management and cardiovascular complications

13. Respiratory Complications and the Role of the Respiratory Therapist: Noninvasive and Invasive Ventilation

14. Mechanical ventilation management, indications and Timing of Tracheotomy and the Role of Diaphragmatic Pacing Stimulation in Spinal Cord Injury

15. Hematological and endocrine complications after traumatic spinal cord injury

16. Gastrointestinal and genitourinary dysfunction: acute and long-term management

17. Infectious complications

18. Metabolism, nutrition, and muscle wasting in critically ill spinal cord injury patients

19. Autonomic dysreflexia, postural hypotension, pain and spasticity, and altered temperature homeostasis

20. Neural repair and regeneration after spinal cord injury

21. Prognostication, long-term functional trajectories, and psychological support for patients and families

22. Current and future role of neurorehabilitation and challenges of living with spinal cord injury.

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Other Format:

Print version: Brogi, Etrusca Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

ISBN:

9783031998904

OCLC:

1572202884