© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_9 9. Evidence-Based Review of the Use of Steroids in Neurotrauma Yiping Li1 , Kimberly Hamilton1 and Joshua Medow1 (1)…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_2 2. Communication Between Teams and Multidisciplinary Rounds and Single Primary POC for Family Communication—Lessons Learned…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_1 1. The Difficult Conversation Leon E. Moores1, 2, 3 (1) Professor of Neurosurgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,…
(1) Inadequate or threats to airway (2) Impaired ventilation or respirations (3) Significant external or suspected internal hemorrhage (4) Abnormal neurologic status a. Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) < 14 b. Seizure…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_4 4. Rural and Austere Environments Jeffrey M. Lobosky1, 2 (1) Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California,…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017James M. Ecklund and Leon E. Moores (eds.)Neurotrauma Management for the Severely Injured Polytrauma Patient10.1007/978-3-319-40208-6_7 7. Trauma Resuscitation and Fluid Considerations in the Polytrauma Patient with CNS Injury George P. Liao2 and…
Eye opening (E) Verbal response (V) Motor response (M) 4—spontaneous 5—oriented 6—spontaneous 3—to verbal command 4—confused 5—localizes to pain 2—to pain 3—inappropriate words 4—withdraws to pain 1—none 2—incomprehensible sounds 3—flexor/decorticate…
Hypertonia: abnormally increased resistance to externally imposed movement about a joint. It may be caused by spasticity, dystonia, rigidity, or a combination of features Spasticity: a velocity-dependent resistance of a…
Fig. 10.1 (a) The measurement set up for the Vicon™ camera system. (b) The standard Vicon F40™ camera, reproduced with permission from MocapHouse [20]. (c) The standard infra-red reflective body…
Modifier Dystonia type affected Effect on dystonia Tension Stress, anxiety All ↑ Relaxation All ↓ Sensory input Wearing silk scarves CD ↓ Changing the texture of the pen WC ↓…
