Traumatic Brain Injury A Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Management,
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability worldwide. Each year 1.7 million new TBIs occur in the United States, and it is also considered a signature injury of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Despite the relatively high incidence-wit
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Traumatic Brain Injury A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation
Editor Jack W. Tsao, MD, DPhil, FAAN Traumatic Brain Injury Programs (M96) Wounded, Ill, & Injured Directorate US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Washington, DC, USA Department of Neurology
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
ISBN 978-0-387-87886-7 ISBN 978-0-387-87887-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-87887-4 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012938262 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
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Preface
Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation was written to enable medical professionals to quickly learn about the latest issues and treatments in this evolving clinical field. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been labeled one of the “signature injuries” of the military conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the USA, and the rise in public awareness of combat-related brain injuries has coincided with awareness of the potential long-term consequences of sports concussions. This book was developed as a result of a course on TBI which I directed for
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