TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
AU  - Whitfield, Peter C.,
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TI  - : a multidisciplinary approach 
SN  - 9781108355247
SN  - 2
PY  - 2020///46
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ;;New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
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KW  - 2
KW  - 0
KW  - 6
KW  - 20
KW  - Wounds and injuries
KW  - Brain
N1  - First edition published 2009; Includes bibliographical references and index; 5
N2  - Head injury is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in all age groups. Injury to the head can result in traumatic brain injury (TBI) of varying severity. TBI is common with a self-reported lifetime prevalence of up to 40% in adults.1 Currently, there is no effective treatment to reverse the effects of the primary brain injury sustained, and treatment is aimed at minimizing the secondary brain injury that can occur due to the effects of isc-haemia, hypoxia and raised intracranial pressure. This can occur immediately, within the following hours or days or after a further head injury. An understanding of the epidemiology of head injury is essential for devising preventive measures, to plan population-based primary prevention strategies and to provide effective and timely treatment including provision of rehabilitation facilities to those who have suffered a head injury. This information can then be used to improve TBI outcomes--
ER  -