Spinal Cord Injury: Board Review

Description:


The only review book currently available in this complex field, Spinal Cord Injury: Board Review focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of traumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injuries and dysfunction.

Focused, high-yield content prepares you for success on exams and in practice, with up-to-date coverage of related injury assessment and management, acute and preventive medical care, common complications, physical, psychological, and vocational disabilities and complications-all equipping you to work as part of an interdisciplinary team with patients of all ages on a lifelong basis.

Edited and written by seasoned authors and physicians in PM&R, this unique review tool is ideal for residents, fellows, and practitioners studying or working in the field and preparing to take the spinal cord injury medicine exam.

Table Of Contents:

1 Neurophysiology of the Spinal Cord
2 Physiology and Pathophysiology
3 Epidemiology, Risk Factors and Genetics
4 Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury
5 Clinical and basic research
6 Section 2: Acute Injury Assessment and Care
6 Prehospital Evaluation and Management
7 Critical Care Management
7 Neurological Assessment and Classification
8 Medical and Surgical Options Management of Acute Spinal cord Injury
8 Neuroimaging
9 Electrodiagnostics in Spinal Cord Injury
10 Functional Assessment
11 Prognosis and Outcome Management
12 Cardiovascular Management
13 Autonomic Dysreflexia
14 Section 3 : Medical Management
14 Pulmonary
15 Sleep disorders in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury
16 Thromboembolism/DVT
17 Neurogenic Bowel
18 DYSPHAGIA AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY
19 Neurogenic Bladder
20 UROLOGICAL CONDITIONS IN PERSONS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURED
21 Sexuality/ Reproductive
22 WOMEN?

€™S HEALTH AFTER SCI
23 Musculoskeletal Pain and Overuse Injuries
24 Heterotopic Ossification
25 Spine Fractures, Dislocations, and Instability
26 Scoliosis and Late Spine complications
27 Spinal Orthosis
28 POSTTRAUMATIC SYRINGOMYELIA
29 Spasticity
30 Thermoregulation and Sweating
31 TBI and SCI
32 Neuromodulatory and dis-modifying agents
33 Pressure Injuries
34 Nutrition, weight management and body composition
35 Endocrine / Metabolic
36 Infection.

Immune NOS
37 Pain
38 Psychological
39 Traumatic Myelopathy
40 NON TRAUMATIC MYELOPATHIES
41 SECTION 4: Myelopathy
41 Myelopathy without specified etiology
42 Healthcare maintenance
43 Spinal Cord Injury and Aging
44 SECTION 5: Long-Term Management and Outcomes
44 Exercise and modalities
45 FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY FOLLOWING SPINAL CORD INJURY
46 Activities of daily living
47 COMMUNICATION AND SCI
48 PARTICIPATION: LIVING WITH SCI
49 REHABILITATION TEAM