44 How Soon After Head Injury (With or Without Craniotomy) Can Patients Resume Contact Sports? Julian E. Bailes and Vincent J. Miele BRIEF ANSWER Currently accepted guidelines for return to…
25 Is There a “Best” Way to Give Mannitol? Rudolph J. Schrot and J. Paul Muizelaar BRIEF ANSWER The only level I recommendation supported by the evidence is the use…
48 Should Head-Injured Patients Be Taken to the Nearest Hospital or to a Hospital with Neurosurgical Capability That Is Farther Away? Sandra M. Wanek and Donald D. Trunkey BRIEF ANSWER…
46 Do Return-to-Play Recommendations After Concussion Differ for High School, Collegiate, and Professional Athletes? Henry Feuer BRIEF ANSWER The medical principles for treating concussions in athletes are essentially the same…
13 Does Raising Cerebral Perfusion Pressure Help Head-Injured Patients? Roman Hlatky and Claudia S. Robertson BRIEF ANSWER Published recommendations for management of cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) after traumatic brain injury…
42 How Well Can Patients Be Expected to Recover After Spinal Cord Injury? Charles H. Tator BRIEF ANSWER Most patients achieve some degree of neurologic recovery after an acute spinal…
16 How Soon Should Patients Receive Nutrition? How Much, Which Formulation, and by Which Route? Shelly D. Timmons BRIEF ANSWER Nutritional management of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) may…
41 What Is the Outcome of Patients with Mild, Moderate, or Severe Traumatic Brain Injury? Peter B. Letarte BRIEF ANSWER Even under the best of circumstances, severe traumatic brain injury…
28 Does Hypothermia Improve Outcome? Guy L. Clifton BRIEF ANSWER Maintenance of hypothermia in the 23% of severely head-injured patients who are hypothermic on admission and who are less than…
8 What Is the Safest Way to Prevent Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism After Head or Spinal Cord Injury? How Soon After Surgery or Injury Can I Anticoagulate My…
