The epilepsy handbook : the practical management of seizures

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The epilepsy handbook : the practical management of seizures

Robert J. Gumnit

Raven, c1995

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Updated and revised, this text serves as a resource for reference on currently accepted standards of treatment and management of epilepsy. Topics covered include: antiepileptic medication; treatment of children and infants; treatment of status epilepticus; long-term management; and surgery.

目次

  • Part 1 What are seizures? what is epilepsy?: definitions
  • prevalence and incidence
  • diagnosis
  • classification
  • international classification of seizures
  • international classification of epilepsies. Part 2 The patient with a first seizure: instituting treatment after first seizure
  • seizure threshold
  • etiology
  • initial examination
  • advising families about first aid
  • fear, guilt, anxiety, fear of death
  • counselling the patient with epilepsy about the future. Part 3 Antiepileptic medication (AEM) treatment: general principles
  • protocol for the use of antiepileptic medicines
  • missing doses
  • antiepileptic medicines commonly used for adults
  • case examples of antiepileptic medicine treatment
  • dental problems with antiepileptic medicines
  • interactions and pharmacokinetics. Part 4 Additional considerations in treatment: first aid for seizures
  • emergency medical identification
  • alcohol and seizures
  • trauma and epilepsy
  • lifestyle and epilepsy
  • diet
  • referral to a neurologist
  • physical activity and epilepsy
  • biofeedback therapy for epilepsy
  • rhythmicity in seizures. Part 5 Special issues for women with epilepsy: pregnancy and epilepsy
  • teratogenicity
  • genetic factors in seizures
  • treatment of children with epilepsy - differential diagnosis, febrile seizures, antiepileptic medicines commonly used for children, the doctor, the child with epilepsy and the school. Part 6 Treatment of infants with seizures: general guidelines for treating neonatal seizures
  • mortality and morbidity. Part 7 Status epilepticus: causes of status epilepticus
  • goal of treatment
  • adults and status epilepticus
  • drug therapy for status epilepticus in adults
  • children with status epilepticus
  • drug therapy for status epilepticus in children. Part 8 Long term management of epilepsy: general principles of long term management
  • the physician's role. Part 9 The difficult patient - when seizures don't stop: reevaluating the difficult case
  • detailed strategy for managing noncompliance. Part 10 Non-epileptic events: classification "physiologic", "psychogenic", "malignancy", "misdiagnosis"
  • physiologic NEEs - "cardiac", "respiratory", "metabolic", "toxic"
  • hormone and enzyme measurements. Part 11 Specialized epilepsy centres. Part 12 Surgery for epilepsy. Part 13 Epilepsy and health insurance, epilepsy and the law. Part 14 Driving, work and sports, community resources. Part 15 Clinical vignettes. Part 16 Seizure diary, first aid card.

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