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CHAPTER 6 DAMAGE CONTROL MANAGEMENT/OPEN ABDOMEN BRETT H. WAIBEL AND MICHAEL F. ROTONDO HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF DAMAGE CONTROL While historically the management of the injured patient was done by…
Management of Stroke-Related Complications
CEREBRAL EDEMA FROM STROKE Cerebral injury from either hemorrhage or infarction after acute stroke can herald the development of cerebral edema around the affected vascular area. The mechanisms of infarction…
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
SAH may be further defined as subarachnoid blood on computed tomography (CT) scan, blood or xanthochromic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), or red blood cells in the final tube of CSF sample…
Stroke Rehabilitation
AN OVERVIEW OF REHABILITATION Physical medicine and rehabilitation, also known as physiatry or rehabilitation medicine, is a branch of medicine that aims to enhance and restore functional ability and quality…
