Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a major problem in today’s clinical practice. It is a condition presently handled by a multidisciplinary team of neurologists, neurosurgeons, neurointensivists, physiatrists, anesthesiologists, and trauma surgeons. Even though newer diagnostic techniques and our growing understanding…
Epidemiology Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a silent epidemic in developed nations and one of the leading causes of death and disability, accounting for almost one-third of all trauma-related deaths. In the United States, a TBI occurs every 7 seconds…
Epidemiology Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a type of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) that continues to garner increasing concern worldwide ( ). In the United States alone, estimates of sports and recreation-related concussion range from 1.6 to 3.8 million annually…
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among children and young adults. In addition, head injury in older adults, as a result of falls, is a growing clinical concern. To investigate the pathophysiology of brain…
This chapter addresses a complex and diverse topic: the neurological complications of systemic disease in children. Although some clinical features are similar in children and adults, others vary according to the child’s age and stage of development. Cardiac Disorders and…
Cardiac Disorders and the Nervous System Neurological complications are an important cause of morbidity in patients with cardiac disease. Cardiogenic emboli may result from cardiac disease or its treatment, and cardiac dysfunction can cause global cerebral hypoperfusion, which—depending on its…
Introduction Neuropalliative care represents both a growing subspecialty among neurologists as well as a set of palliative care skills that are relevant to all clinicians caring for patients with serious, chronic, advanced, or terminal neurological diseases ( ). Patients with…
Youth with chronic neurological disorders eventually need to move to adult health care. Transition is a process beginning in early adolescence to help these youth to be successful in managing their disorder in adulthood. Transfer is the process of passing…
Goals and Structure of Rehabilitation Rehabilitation training focuses on reducing physical and cognitive impairments and their related disabilities and limitations on activity in an effort to increase functional independence and health-related quality of life. Training of movements and skills involves…
Neuroendovascular therapies consist of minimally invasive, catheter-based interventions for disorders affecting blood vessels (arteries and veins) of the brain and spine that are performed from within the vessel. For the past decade, the field of neuroendovascular therapies has been characterized…