Controversies in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Management - 9783319894768

Controversies in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury ManagementAuthor(s): Shelly D. Timmons\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783319894768, 978-3319894768\nSynopsis\nThis text addresses the current levels of evidence for management of a variety of critical parameters after severetraumatic brain injury (TBI), as well as providing the reader with practical approaches to care based upon existing evidence. A broad range of topics is included, ranging from specific critical care approaches to TBI to broader questions of prognostication and philosophies of treatment. Critical care topics include, for example: the type, timing, and safety of DVT prophylaxis; the choice of sedative agents in brain-injured patients; the practical application of multimodality neuromonitoring for prevention of secondary insults and injury; and the optimal treatment of dysautonomia. Broad approaches to treatment wil.