Current management in child neurology
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Current management in child neurology
B.C. Decker, c1999
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In this work, experts contribute their personal protocols for dealing with the neurologic disorders seen in practice. Three major sections comprise this book: section one presents clinical practice trends, including the neurologic examination; section two covers the office visit, organised by seizures and epilepsy, headache, developmental delay, school readiness and ADHD, followed by other complaints; and section three deals with the hospitalized child.
Table of Contents
- 1. Health Care Marketplace
- 2. Patient Satisfaction
- 3. Common Neurologic Complaints and Conditions
- 4. Neurologic Examination
- 5. Primary Care Pediatrics
- 6. Pediatric Education
- 7. Neurology Education: General (Adult) Neurologist in Child Neurology
- Section 2: The Office Visit
- Headache
- 8. Migraine Headaches in Children and Adolescents
- 9. Migraine Variants and Minics
- 10. Chronic Headache
- 11. Post-traumatic Headache
- 12. Abortive Therapy for Migraine
- 13. Preventive Therapy for Migraine
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- 14. ADHD: Definitions
- 15. Diagnostic Approach to ADHD
- 16. ADHD Mimicry and Differential Diagnosis
- 17. ADHD Comorbidity
- 18. ADHD Pharmacotherapy
- 19. Behavior Modification in the Treatment of ADHD
- 20. Individual Child and Family-Based Therapies for ADHD
- School Readiness
- 21. Is My Child Ready for School?
- 22. Interpreting Psychological Reports
- 23. Developmental Language Disorders
- 24. Learning Disability
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- 25. What is Epilepsy?
- 26. Febrile Seizures
- 27. First Unprovoked Seizure
- 28. Staring Spells
- 29. Partial Seizures
- 30. Generalized Seizures
- 31. First-Choice Antiepileptic Drugs
- 32. Recurrent Seizures
- 33. Discontinuing Antiepileptic Drug Therapy
- Nonepileptic Events Simulating Seizures in Childhood
- Developmental Delay
- 35. Cerebral Palsy
- 36. Spasticity
- 37. Progressive Delay
- 38. Mental Retardation
- 39. Down Syndrome
- 40. Rett Syndrome
- 41. Inborn Errors of Metabolism
- 42. Autism
- Other Neurological Complaints and Conditions
- 43. Small, Large, or Abnormally Shaped Head
- 44. Tic Disorders
- 45. Sleep Disturbances
- 46. HIV-1 Infection in Children
- 47. Bell's Palsy
- 48. Dizziness and Dysequilibrium
- 49. Fainting and Syncope
- 50. Neuromuscular Disorders
- 51. Ataxia, Clumsiness, and Tremor
- 52. Paroxysmal Movement Disorders in Children
- 53. Visual System Problems
- 54. Childhood Depression
- 55. Conversion Reaction
- 56. Neurocutaneous Syndromes
- Section 3: The Hospitalized Child
- 57. Neonatal Seizures
- 58. Acute Seizure Emergencies
- 59. Meningitis and Encephalitis
- 60. Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries in Children
- 61. Neonatal Hypotonia
- 62. Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Periventricular Leukomalacia, and Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Neonate
- 63. Altered States of Consciousness
- 64. Increased Intracranial Pressure
- 65. Headache Emergencies: Evaluation, Differential Diagnosis, and Treatment
- 66. Brain Tumors
- 67. Pseudotumor Cerebri: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
- 68. Vascular Malformations
- 69. Cerebrovascular Disease
- 70. Vasculitis
- 71. Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- 72. Determination of Brain Death in Children
- Index
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