Assessing Pain and Communication in Disorders of Consciousness -

Assessing Pain and Communication in Disorders of Consciousness

Buch | Hardcover
166 Seiten
2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-81480-6 (ISBN)
186,95 inkl. MwSt
This volume provides a guide to recent developments in research on pain perception and assessment, and the detection of consciousness and communication in patients with disorders of consciousness. It will be an invaluable guide for clinicians, medics and therapists working in rehabilitation and acute care, and also useful for students and researchers in neuropsychology and medical sciences.
Recent advances in medicine for resuscitation and care have led to an increased number of patients that survive severe brain damage but who are poorly responsive and non-communicative at the bedside. This has led to a striking need to better characterize, understand, and manage this population who present a real challenge for the assessment of pain and for planning treatment. This edited collection provides clinicians with a guide to recent developments in research on pain perception and assessment, and the detection of consciousness and communication in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC).

With contributions from leading global researchers, the book gives an overview of issues concerning the assessment of pain. It also covers the development of suitable tools both to improve pain management and to detect consciousness and communication in these patients, to influence their prognosis and treatment, and their quality of life. Methodological and ethical issues concerning the implication for future research are also considered.

The book will be an invaluable guide for clinicians, medics and therapists working in rehabilitation and acute care, particularly in the demanding field of pain perception, pain assessment and detection of consciousness and communication in patients with DOC. It will also be useful for students and researchers in neuropsychology and medical sciences.

Camille Chatelle is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Neurorehabilitation Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, USA. She is also working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for NeuroImaging of Coma and Consciousness, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA. Steven Laureys leads the Coma Science Group at the Cyclotron Research Center and Department of Neurology, Sart Tilman Liège University Hospital, Belgium. He is Clinical Professor and Research Director at the Belgian National Fund of Scientific Research (FNRS).

1.Introduction to the challenge of pain and communication in disorders of consciousness, Camille Chatelle, Steven Laureys, Caroline Schnakers 2. The cortical processing of pain, André Mouraux 3. Behavioral assessment of pain in disorders of consciousness: clinical and ethical issues, Nathan D. Zasler, Anne T. O’Brien, and Caroline Schnakers 4. Overcoming the challenges of accurately assessing consciousness and communication in the context of pain assessment, John Whyte, & Mark Sherer 5. Using paraclinical assessments to detect consciousness and communicate with severely brain-injured patients, Camille Chatelle and Damien Lesenfants 6. Brain- Computer- Interface (BCI) Communication in the Locked- In: A Tool for Differential Diagnosis, Ujwal Chaudhary, Francesco Piccione and Niels Birbaumer 7. Disorders of Consciousness in an Evolving Neuroscience Context, Graham Wilson and Eric Racine 8. Conclusion and future perspectives, Camille Chatelle and Steven Laureys

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.12.2015
Reihe/Serie Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: A Modular Handbook
Zusatzinfo 5 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, color; 7 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, color; 1 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 408 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Schmerztherapie
Pflege Fachpflege Neurologie / Psychiatrie
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Anamnese / Körperliche Untersuchung
Studium 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) Pathologie
ISBN-10 1-138-81480-6 / 1138814806
ISBN-13 978-1-138-81480-6 / 9781138814806
Zustand Neuware
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