Clinical Medicine

According to estimates of the World Health Organization, the number of people living with dementia will double almost every 20 years for the foreseeable future. While in 2010, there were 35.6 million people with dementia worldwide, this number is expected to increase to 65.7 million by 2030, and to 115.4 million by 2050. The primary aim of this book Dementia Care: International Perspectives is to present arrangements for the care of people with dementia and their families in different parts of the world and to serve as a stimulus to develop new ideas for the provision of such care. While preparing this book, we asked the world’s leading experts in the field of dementia five questions—having initially gathered information about these issues through an Internet search. The results of this enquiry are shown for 45 of the countries, and the summary is presented. We have attempted to include, as far as we can, within the constraints of publishing a volume which is manageable and digestible for the reader, the descriptions of care for people with dementia in 47 countries, hoping that these descriptions will reflect the wide spread of countries, big and small, geographically diverse from all continents, and encompassing the major language and culture groups.Less

This new book volume, simply titled Neurotrauma, aims to bring together the latest clinical practice and research in the field of two forms of trauma to the central nervous system: namely, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI). Nationally, more 1.9 million Americans sustain a TBI annually. In parallel, there are an estimated 12,000 new cases of SCI in the United States annually. In addition, approximately 1.2 million people live with paralysis due to SCI. In recent years, dramatic advancements in the field have resulted in much improved outcomes for patients and higher standards of care. This volume brings together the latest research and clinical practice in the treatment of neurotrauma in a comprehensive but easy-to-follow format. Our target readership is intentionally broad. It includes clinicians who are involved in caring for TBI in the emergency room, hospital, or neurointensive care unit or during patient rehabilitation; clinical research professionals; research nurses; and nonclinical academic researchers, such as research professors, research scientists, medical students, graduate students, and nurse specialists, as well as biomedical industry R&D scientists and clinical associates. As editor of this volume, I want all readers to find a chapter or section on almost all aspects related to TBI or SCI. I also hope that they will encounter some areas they might be already familiar with. Yet, at the same time, I hope that they will also discover or rediscover other less familiar areas in neurotrauma that they have always wanted to learn more about. Last, I want to make this volume as layman-like and as easy to follow as possible so that it can also serve as a resource book for TBI or SCI patients or caregivers who want to better educate themselves about these conditions.Less

This is an invaluable resource covering relevant and practical clinical guidance in dealing with complex clinical situations, for those caring for people with neurological problems for the first time. It enables the user to meet the needs of people with neurological problems wherever they are encountered, be it in a neurology, neurosurgery, critical care or rehabilitation setting.Less