Handbook of Neurotrauma: Volume 2: Cranial Trauma

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Handbook of Neurotrauma is a recurring educational series endeavoured by Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI). This volume is Part II of this series on head injuries and deals with the various aspects of Cranial Trauma. Authored by the subject experts and stalwarts, this edition focusses on the epidemiology, diagnosis, management of traumatic brain injury, pathology focused evidence-based guidelines on the procedures, clinical knowledge and pitfalls. It also brings to fore the current status of brain death declaration in India. Highlights  All topics and controversies covered by leading experts of both national and international repute in the field of neurotrauma  Salient points well covered and highlighted so as easy to understand Algorithmic approach to diagnosis and management  Key points summarizing the most important aspects of each chapter presented at the end  Updated reviews and brain trauma foundation-based guidelines for management Executive Committee Foreword by P S Ramani Foreword by Mahesh C Mishra Foreword by Yashbir Dewan Preface About the Authors Contributor List 1. Epidemiology of Traumatic Brain Injury in India Harsh Deora, Dhaval Shukla 2. Pathophysiology of Head Injury Nishant Yagnick, Rajshekhar Rekhapalli 3. Prehospital Care: Current Profile and Future Trends Virendra Deo Sinha, Amit Chakrabarty 4. Cerebral Edema in TBI - Pathogenesis and Possible Therapeutic Targets Surya Krishna Gour, Shweta Kedia 5. Clinical Evaluation in Traumatic Brain Injury Nishanth Sadashiva, Subhas Konar, Gyani Jail Singh, Dhaval Shukla, Bhagavatula Indira Devi 6. Radiological Evaluation in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury Ravi Sharma, Revanth Goda, Leve S. Joseph, Sachin Borkar 7. Multimodality Neuromonitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury Keshav Goyal, Jayanth R. Seshan 8. ICP Monitoring in Acute TBI - Current Evidence-based Consensus Vivek Tandon, Mukesh Bisht, Ravi Sharma 9. Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Vasundhara Rangan, Shweta Kedia 10. Medical Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Subhas Konar, Gyani Jail Singh Birua, Lingaraju TS, Dhaval Shukla 11. Management of Traumatic Extradural Hematoma Vivek Tandon, Vibha Gaonkar 12. Acute Subdural Hematoma Vivek Tandon, Varidh Katiyar, Ravi Sharma 13. Traumatic Intracerebral Hematoma Chirag Solanki, Rajeev Sharma, Dhananjaya I. Bhat, Bhagavatula Indira Devi 14. Diffuse Axonal Injury Devi Pemmaiah, Shweta Kedia 15. Cranio-cerebral Penetrating Injuries Virendra Deo Sinha, Amit Chakrabarty , Nishant Yagnick 16. Post-Traumatic Epilepsy and the Role of Antiepileptics after TBI Mohit Agrawal, Ramesh S. Doddamani, Raghu Samala, Sarat P. Chandra, Manjari Tripathi 17. Hypothermia in Traumatic Brain Injury – Current Consensus with Reference to Clinical Trials Nitish Agarwal, Amol Raheja 18. Pediatric TBI - How is It Different from Adult TBI? Vibha Gaonkar, Shweta Kedia 19. Chronic Subdural Hematoma – Pathophysiology and Management Nagesh C. Shanbhag, Kislay Kishore, Dhaval Shukla 20. Decompressive Craniectomy - Current Status Nitish Agarwal, Amol Raheja 21. Post Traumatic Hydrocephalus Chirag Solanki, Rajeev Sharma, Dhananjaya I. Bhat, Dhaval Shukla, Bhagavatula Indira Devi 22. Virchow Robin Spaces and Glymphatic System-Applications in Brain Cooling and Cleaning and Therapeutic Implications of Cisternostomy in Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries Iype Cherian, Hira Burhan, Woralux Phusoongern 23. Diagnosis and Management of Post Traumatic CSF Rhinorrhea Ravi Sharma, Revanth Goda, Sachin Borkar 24. Traumatic Carotid Cavernous Fistula Karthik Kulanthaivelu, Anil Kumar Sharma, Jitender Chaturvedi, Rajeev Sharma, Shamick Biswas, Harsh Deora, Bhagavatula Indira Devi 25. Cranioplasty Jitender Chaturvedi, Rajeev Sharma, Anil Kumar Sharma, Bhagavatula Indira Devi 26. Outcome Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury Subhas Kanti Konar, Dhaval Shukla 27. Advances in Neurotrauma Research Beverly Cheserem, Roshan Sahu, Shweta Kedia 28. Persistent Vegetative State in TBI Kanwaljeet Garg, Deepak Agrawal 29. Traumatic Optic Neuropathy Raghu Samala, Dattaraj Sawarkar 30. Prognostic Models in Traumatic Brain Injury Mini Jayan, Dhaval Shukla 31. Brain Death Declaration and its Current Status in India Harsh Deora, Nishant Yagnick, Manjul Tripathi, K. Ganapathy