Brain Injury Medicine Board Review

• Supports self-assessment and review with 200 board-style questions and explanations.

• Covers the information you need to know on traumatic brain injury by severity and pattern, neurologic disorders, systemic manifestations, rehabilitation problems and outcomes, and basic science.

• Includes questions on patient management including patient evaluation and diagnosis, prognosis/risk factors, and applied science.

• Discusses key topics such as neurodegeneration and dementia; proteomic, genetic, and epigenetic biomarkers in TBI; neuromodulation and neuroprosthetics; and assistive technology.

• Reviews must-know procedures including acute emergency management and critical care; post-concussion syndrome assessment, management and treatment; diagnostic procedures and electrophysiology; neuroimaging, and brain death criteria.

• Ensures efficient, effective review with content written by experts in physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, and psychiatry and a format that mirrors the board exam outline.

• Expert ConsultT eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Section 1:  Brain Anatomy and Physiology

1. Neuroanatomy Correlates Jason R. Soble, Samantha DeDios-Stern, David Andrés González and Kenneth Chase Bailey 2. Pathophysiology and Basic Sciences Gary Goldberg and David H. Glazer

Section 2: Traumatic Brain Injury Severity & Patterns

3. Mild TBI (Concussion), Moderate to Severe TBI Juan Cabrera4. TBI by Pattern: Penetrating, Non- Penetrating, Blast Injury Rebecca Tapia and Nick Vlahos5. Brain Death Criteria Cherry Junn

Section 3: Epidemiology and Risk Factors

6. Epidemiology and Public Health & Prevention Kelly Heath and Jaclyn Barcikowski 7. Proteomic, Genetic, and Epigenetic Biomarkers in TBI Kimbra Kenney, J. Kent Werner Jr. and Jessica Gill8. Prognosis and Recovery Patterns Rosanna C. Sabini and Komal Patel

Section 4: Emergency Room and Intensive Care Management

9. Prehospital Care Geoffrey Ling and Andrea Lauren Christman Schneider10. Acute Emergency Management (Non-surgical Care & Surgical Care) Alex valadka, Peter Horvath and Ketan Verma11. Critical Care Management Claudia Robertson, Yi Deng and Jovany Cruz-Navarro 12. Complications Claudia Robertson, Jovany Cruz-Navarro and Samantha Fernandez Hernandez

Section 5: Evaluation and Diagnosis

13. Physical Examination, signs and symptoms Brian Im and Emma Nally14. Diagnostic Procedures and Electrophysiology Kirk Lercher15. Neuroimaging (structural and functional) Saman Hazany, Jimmy C. Huang and Zaid Haddadin16. Functional Evaluation Daniel W. Klyce, Ronald Seel and Richard Kunz17. Intensity of Services, Specialized Rehabilitation Therapies, Interdisciplinary Team Management Gary Noel Galang and Justin Louis Weppner

Section 6:  Complications and Management

18. Cardiovascular and Pulmonary James J. Begley and Victoria C. Whitehair 19. GI and Nutrition Kelly Crawford20. Genitourinary Kelly Crawford21. Soft Tissue and Orthopedic Condition Sanjog Pangarkar and Gaurav Sunny Sharma22. Pain Sanjog Pangarkar and Morgan O'Connor23. Neuroendocrine/ Metabolic/ Hormonal Ondrea McKay and Neil Jasey 24. Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity James J. Begley and Victoria C. Whitehair25. Spasticity & Contractures Katherine Lin and Blessen C. Eapen 26. Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus Neil Jasey and Laurie Dabaghian 27. Cranial Nerve Disorders Gary Noel Galang and Justin Louis Weppner28. Seizure Disorder Justin Sup Hong29. Movement Disorder Miriam Segal 30. Pressure Injuries, Bed Rest and Deconditioning Fabienne Saint-Preux, Emma Nally and Heidi Fusco31. Dysphagia and Aspiration Benjamin Ngocquang Nguyen and Lauren E. Fulks32. Speech and Language Benjamin Ngocquang Nguyen and David Eng33. Cognitive Dysfunction Douglas Cooper 34. Neurosensory Dysfunction Kelly Heath35. Emotional Dyscontrol Justin B. Otis and Hal S. Wortzel36. Agitation and Restlessness Lindsay Mohney and Blessen C. Eapen37. Sleep Dysfunction and Fatigue Billie Anna Schultz and Dmitry Esterov 38. Mood Disorders Nazanin Bahraini, Suzanne McGarity and Hal S. Wortzel 39. PTSD Douglas Cooper, Christopher Ticknor and Jan E. Kennedy 40. Suicide, personality d/o, anxiety Suzanne McGarity, Nazanin Bahraini and Hal S. Wortzel41. Substance Abuse Alphonsa Thomas and Christine Greiss42. Sexuality and Intimacy Kirk Lercher and Paul Yoo

Section 7 Rehabilitation Concepts

43. Therapeutic Exercise/Rehabilitation Joel Scholten, Kimberly Benson and Katharine Stout 44. Assistive Technology Sheital Bavishi45. Community Re-entry Eric Tomas Spier46. Involving Family in Rehabilitation: Role of Physiatry Lillian Flores Stevens and Angelle M. Sander

Section 8: Special Topics

47. Pediatric TBI David Cancel, Ruth E. Alejandro and Dara Jones48. Geriatric TBI Jaime M. Levine and Ekua B. Gilbert-Baffoe49. Military TBI Amy O'Brien Bowles and Meghan Jean McHenry 50. Sports Concussion Rosanna C. Sabini 51. Gender specific Issues in TBI  Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez and Jason Edwards 52. Post-Concussion Syndrome Assessment, Management and Rx) Thomas Watanabe and Abana Azariah53. Nontraumatic brain Injury Rani Haley Lindberg54. Dual Diagnosis -TBI and SCI Gemayaret Alvarez and Kevin Dalal55. Anoxic Brain Injury Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez and Sima A. Desai 56. DOC and Rehabilitation Sunil Kothari and Matthew Lin 57. Complementary Alternative Therapies  Billie Anna Schultz and Dmitry Esterov 58. Neuromodulation & Neuroprosthetics Miriam Segal 59. Neuropharmacology Craig DiTommaso, Susan Loughlin and Christopher Falco 60. Neurodegeneration and Dementia Stephen Mernoff, Stephen Correia and Breton Michael Asken61. Basic Statistics/Research Methods Mauro Zappaterra and Dixie Aragaki 62. Ethics and Law Sunil Kothari, Bonny Su Wong and Jean E. Woo