Ch. 1. Epidemiology of brain injury
Ch. 2. Emergency care and initial evaluation
Ch. 3. Management of the multiply injured or intoxicated patient
Ch. 4. Imaging evaluation
Ch. 5. Pathology of brain damage after head injury
Ch. 6. Skull fracture and post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistula
Ch. 7. Cerebral concussion and diffuse brain injury
Ch. 8. Injuries of the cranial nerves
Ch. 9. Intracranial pressure physiology and pathophysiology
Ch. 10. Medical management of intracranial pressure
Ch. 11. Intracranial pressure monitoring: techniques and pitfalls
Ch. 12. Post-traumatic intracranial mass lesions
Ch. 13. Penetrating brain injury
Ch. 14. Intracranial and cervical vascular injuries
Ch. 16. Reconstruction of skull defects
Ch. 17. Head injury in the pediatric age group
Ch. 18. Medical management of the traumatic brain-injured patient
Ch. 19. Basic principles of antimicrobial therapy of CNS infections
Ch. 20. Prevention and management of seizures in the head-injured patient
Ch. 21. Nutrition in the patient with severe head injury
Ch. 22. Neurobehavioral sequelae of head injury
Ch. 23. Prognosis in severe head injury
