Product Description
The aim of the book is to provide health professionals and the students of those professions with an educational resource to assist in the care of patients with acquired brain injury (ABI) in the general hospital. Holistic patient centred care is the driving philosophy of this book incorporating ideologies arising from modernization initiatives.
The book will take readers through all stages of an acute care pathway, including critical care interventions, and begins with an exploration of the political influences that have been relevant to ABI. Anatomy and correlating pathophysiological processes are then discussed in detail with subsequent chapters being representative of individual aspects along a logical pathway of care.
Chapter 1 – Current Issues for ABI
Chapter 2 – Anatomy and Correlative Pathophysiology
Chapter 3 – Patient assessment
Chapter 4 – Transferring the patient
Chapter 5 – Monitoring and management to improve the outcome
Chapter 6 – Brain stem death tests and transplant
Chapter 7 – Looking towards the future
Chapter 8 – Planning and managing care
Chapter 9 – Research and the future of ABI care
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