Brain injury medicine: board review

Section 1: Brain anatomy and physiology. Neuroanatomy correlates -- Pathophysiology and basic sciences -- Section 2: Traumatic brain injury severity & patterns. Mild TBI (concussion), moderate to severe TBI -- TBI by pattern: penetrating, non- penetrating, blast injury -- Brain death criteria -- Section 3: Epidemiology and risk factors. Epidemiology and public health & prevention -- Proteomic, genetic, and epigenetic biomarkers in TBI -- Prognosis and recovery patterns -- Section 4: Emergency Room and intensive care management. Prehospital care -- Acute emergency management (non-surgical care & surgical care) -- Critical care management -- Complications -- Section 5: Evaluation and diagnosis. Physical examination, signs and symptoms -- Diagnostic procedures and electrophysiology -- Neuroimaging (structural and functional) -- Functional evaluation -- Intensity of services, specialized rehabilitation therapies, interdisciplinary team management -- Section 6: Complications and management. Cardiovascular and pulmonary -- GI and nutrition -- Genitourinary -- Soft tissue and orthopedic condition -- Pain -- Neuroendocrine/ metabolic/ hormonal -- Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity -- Spasticity & contractures -- Post-traumatic hydrocephalus -- Cranial nerve disorders -- Seizure disorder -- Movement disorder -- Pressure injuries, bed rest and deconditioning -- Dysphagia and aspiration -- Speech and language -- Cognitive dysfunction -- Neurosensory dysfunction -- Emotional dyscontrol -- Agitation and restlessness -- Sleep dysfunction and fatigue -- Mood disorders -- PTSD -- Suicide, personality d/o, anxiety -- Substance abuse -- Sexuality and intimacy -- Section 7: Rehabilitation concepts. Therapeutic exercise/rehabilitation -- Assistive technology -- Community re-entry -- Involving family in rehabilitation: role of physiatry -- Section 8: Special topics. Pediatric TBI -- Geriatric TBI -- Military TBI -- Sports concussion -- Gender specific issues in TBI -- Post-concussion syndrome assessment, management and Rx -- Nontraumatic brain injury -- Dual diagnosis: TBI and SCI -- Anoxic brain injury -- Doc and rehabilitation -- Complementary alternative therapies -- Neuromodulation & neuroprosthetics -- Neuropharmacology -- Neurodegeneration and dementia -- Basic statistics/research methods -- Ethics and law."