作者: David Cancel , Ruth Alejandro
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-54456-6.00007-4
关键词: Adult care 、 Traumatic brain injury 、 Population 、 Intensive care medicine 、 Public health 、 Cognition 、 Medicine 、 Pediatric population 、 Spasticity 、 Rehabilitation
摘要: Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a pressing public health concern worldwide, including the United States. This chapter highlights aspects of TBI germane to pediatric population. In this chapter, care in children with are compared and contrasted those adult These differences evident from epidemiologic characteristics variation physiologic responses injury. Special subgroups within population also included. General rehabilitation strategies addressed. can involve pharmacologic management for cognition arousal or interventional techniques medications used control spasticity. Common medical complications described. Therapy strategies, common outcome measures, transition presented.