BookHyun-Yoon Ko, Sungchul Huh.
Summary: This easy-to-use handbook is designed to assist in the evaluation and management of spinal cord injuries and the diverse related disorders and conditions. Spinal cord injuries can cause abnormalities in all body systems due to dysfunction of the somatic motor and sensory systems and damage to the autonomic nerve system. The latter gives rise to respiratory and cardiac problems, temperature regulation disorders, endocrine system disorders, and many associated metabolic disorders. Other potential consequences of spinal cord injuries include pressure injuries and various disabilities and obstacles, ranging from physical limitations to social embarrassment. This handbook offers extensive guidance on medical management in different scenarios from the acute phase to long-term care, with a particular focus on information of importance for the solution of clinical problems commonly encountered in daily practice. It will be ideal for practitioners in rehabilitation medicine, neurosurgery, orthopedics, neurology, and other relevant specialties that deal with patients with spinal cord injuries.
Contents:
1 Clinical and Functional Anatomy of the Spinal Cord
2 Extremity kinematics and muscles for functional training of tetraplegics and paraplegics
3 Physical and neurological differentiation of spinal cord lesions
4 Laboratory tests commonly encountered in care of spinal cord injuries
5 Pharmacotherapy in spinal cord injuries
6 Imaging assessment of spinal cord injuries
7 Functional assessment and expected functional outcomes following spinal cord injuries
8 Standard neurological classification of spinal cord injuries
9 Spinal shock: definition and clinical implications
10 Acute phase management of traumatic spinal cord injuries
11 Clinical syndromes of incomplete spinal cord lesions
12 Posttraumatic syringomyelia and Chiari malformations
13 Cauda equina and conus medullaris lesions
14 Nontraumatic spinal cord lesions/diseases
15 Autonomic nervous system in spinal cord injuries
16 Cardiovascular dysfunction in spinal cord injuries
17 Orthostatic hypotension and associated supine hypertension
18 Autonomic dysreflexia
19 Venous thromboembolism in spinal cord injuries
20 Respiratory dysfunction
21 Electrolyte disorder
22 Metabolic disorders
23 Voiding dysfunction and genitourinary complications
24 Bowel dysfunction and gastrointestinal complications
25 Sexuality changes
26 Spasticity
27 Pressure Injuries
28 Heterotopic ossification
29 Pain types and taxonomies
30 Thermoregulatory impairment.