Main description:

Designed in a concise, easy-to-read style for a wide variety of medical occupations, the Rehab Clinical Pocket Guide is the ideal, handy reference for rehabilitation professionals and other health providers. Divided into four sections that cover inpatient care, clinical strategies, outpatient care, and additional diagnostics and therapeutics, this is the first book of its kind to contain all of the relevant clinical information needed on the rehabilitation unit, including topics such as medication dosing, consultant recommendations, specific rehabilitation goals and treatments, and even billing details for various diagnoses. The Rehab Clinical Pocket Guide offers all the clinical material needed to properly treat patients and excel in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation and will prove an indispensable resource for therapists, nutritionists, medical students, and physicians alike.

Contents:

1. Brain Injury...........................................................................................

Jason Siefferman and Rosanna Sabini

2. Spinal Cord Injury..................................................................................

Jason W. Siefferman, Christopher Sahler, Donna G. D'Alessio Yolanda Scott, and Avniel Shetreat-Klein

3. Neuromuscular Rehabilitation...................................................................

Andres Felipe Deik Acosta Madiedo, Paul Lee and Daniel MacGowan

Andres Felipe Deik Acosta Madiedo, Paul Lee and Daniel MacGowan

4. Orthopedic Rehabilitation.......................................................................

Joe Vong and Crystal Thomas

5. Pediatric Rehabilitation..........................................................................

Sarah Khan and Collette Maduro

6. Cardiac Rehabilitation...........................................................................

Isaac Darko and Michelle Robalino

II. Clinical Strategies

7. Nutrition in Rehabilitation Medicine..........................................................

Natalie Kretzer

8. Wheelchair Prescription Writing...............................................................

Jenny Lieberman

9. Modalities..........................................................................................

Paul Lee

10. Medical Emergencies in Rehabilitation......................................................

Lauren Stern

III. Outpatient Clinical Care

11. Musculoskeletal Medicine.................................................................

Sagar Parikh, Naimish Baxi, and Sandia Padavan

12. Interventional Pain Management.............................................................

Houman Danesh and Jennifer Sayanlar

13. Musculoskeletal Pelvic Pain & Pelvic Floor Dysfunction..............................

Jaclyn Bonder, John-Ross Rizzo, Samia Sayegh and Nayeema Chowdhury

14. Rheumatology....................................................................................

Richard Chang, Aziza Kamani, Anureet Brar, and David Bressler

15. Prosthetics.........................................................................................

Jeffrey Heckman, John-Ross Rizzo, Gregory Burkard and Jeffrey Cohen

IV. Additional Diagnostics & Therapeutics

16. Electrodiagnostic Studies.....................................................................

Emerald Lin, Jason Siefferman and Joyce Ho

17. Medical Acupuncture............................................................................

Shan Babeendran, Alex Moroz and John-Ross Rizzo

18. Common Medications Used in Rehabilitation Medicine...............................

Christopher Sahler