Jack W. Tsao - Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinician’s Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation

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The first edition ofTraumatic Brain Injury: A Clinicians Guide to Diagnosis, Management, and Rehabilitation, published in 2012, was written to enable medical professionals to quickly learn about the latest issues and treatments in this evolving clinical field. Since that time, there has been increased public awareness of the clinical consequences of even the mildest of head injuries, and the numerous advances in the areas of diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and pathophysiology have resulted from a concerted effort of countries around the world to increase research funding.

This second edition continues to focus on mild traumatic brain injuryor concussionand contains updates to all the original chapters as well as adds new chapters addressing clinical sequelae, including pediatric concussion, visual changes, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and blast-related TBI, the latter two being areas of intense research efforts currently. The chapter authors were asked to focus on key issues of which practicing clinicians should be aware in order to provide the best care to their patients. An updated appendix of ICD codes is included.

I would like to thank my family for their support in the writing and editing process; my colleagues who generously contributed their time to updating or writing new chapters; Richard Lansing, the publishing editor who encouraged me to edit this second edition; and Elizabeth Corra, the development editor who helped guide this edition to its completion. Finally, as many of the authors of this edition continue to serve as US military officers or government employees, I am including the disclaimer here: The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Departments of the Navy or Army, the Department of Defense, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.