Spinal Cord Injuries

Part 1 Pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury:, G Ravichandran; applied neuroanatomy; applied physiology; neurologic syndromes;vertebral fractures and their management; pathophysiology. Part 2 Initial care of spinal cord injury, T C Shaw, J Wardrope and Elizabeth, A M Frost: out-of-hospital organization; epedemiology of spinal injury; accident site management. Part 3 Emergency room care of the patient with spinaal cord injury, Alan Hirschfeld: resuscitation; diagnosis; further diagnosis; treatment. Part 4 Anaesthetic management of acute spinal cord injury, J D Alderson and Somasundaram Thiagarajah: cervical injuries; thoracolumbar spine; anaesthetic problems; anaesthesia. Part 5 Associated injuries, Elizabeth A M Frost: head injury; abdominal injuries; fluid therapy; positionaing. Part 6 Intensive care management of spinal cord injury, Patrick A Lasala and Elizabeth A M Frost: Instensive care management; conclusions. Part 7 Anaesthetic are for spinal injuries - parenteral nutrition, Olli Kirvela and Jeffrey Askanazi: general principles; metabolic response to spinal cord injury and surgery; goals and indications for parenteral nutrition; practical aspects of parenteral nutrition; new horizons. Part 8 Chronic are of spinal cord injury, J D Alderson: cardiovascular problems; respiratory system problems; temperature regulation; genitourinary system; haemopoiesis; musculoskeletal system; spasticity; psychological problems; acute abdomen; obstetrics; Part 9 Nursing care of spinal cord injuries, D Couldwell and Mc Carlisle: positioning the patient; hygiene; specific problems; paramedical treatment, and counselling; theatre nursing of spinal cord injuries. Part 10 Assessment and management of the patient with spinal cord injury and pain, Chris Glynn & Peter Teddy: pain; clinical assessment of pain; treatment of pain; conclusions. Part 11 Anaesthesia for non-traumatic spinal disease, Peter J Wright: preoperative assessment; general anaesthesia for spinal surgery; intradural and extradural anaesthesia; postoperative care; spinal haematomas; scoliosis; syringomyelia; neurofibromatosis; rheumatoid arthritis; spinal cord compression by tumour, disc and arteriovenous malformation; down's syndrome; metastatic disease; prevention of deep venous thrombosis; malignant hyperthermia; Part 12 Trends in spinal cord injury research, Alan Hirschfeld and Wyse Young: models of spinal cord injury; changes seen in spinal cord injury; current theory of spinal cord injury. Part 13 Moral and legal issues in the treatment of patients with spinal cord injuries, Kathleen Marie Dixon: Models of decision-making in the clinical setting - the doctrine of informed consent reconsidered; collaborative model of medical care and the right to die; proxy consent and advance directives; quality of life arguments and the limitation of technological intervention.