Head Injury

Epidemiology; emergency care and initial evaluation; multiply injured and intoxicated patients; radiographic evaluation; pathology of brain damage; skull fracture and traumatic cerebrospinal fluid fistulas; cerebral concussion and diffuse brain injuries; mild head injury; injuries of cranial nerves; intracranial pressure; intracranial pressure monitoring; post-traumatic intracranial mass lesions; traumatic brain swelling and edema; gunshot wounds; intracranial and cervical vascular injuries; scalp injuries; reconstruction of skull defects; pediatric considerations; medical complications; neurobehavioural sequelae of closed head injury; prognosis and outcome of severe head injury.