Epilepsy : therapeutic strategies
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Jacqueline A French; Norman Delanty
- ناشر : Oxford : Clinical Publishing
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2009
- شابک / ISBN : 9781904392804
Description
PART I: Overview; 1. Overview of therapeutics in epilepsy: anti-epileptic drugs, J French; 2. Overview of therapeutics in epilepsy: epilepsy surgery, P Ryvlin; 3. Overview of therapeutics in epilepsy: devices, EB Menachem; PART II: Childhood epilepsy; 4. Treatment of the neonate or infant with catastrophic epilepsy, H Cross; 5. Treatment of the child/adolescent with newly diagnosed epilepsy, D Dlugos; 6. Treatment of the child/adolescent with treatment resistant epilepsy, FD Bourgeois; PART III: Epilespy in adulthood; 7. Treatment of the adult with newly diagnosed epilepsy, JP Leach; 8. Treatment of the adult with treatment resistant epilepsy, P Kwan; 9. Treatment of women with childbearing potential and beyond, CL Harden; 10. Treatment of the elderly, J Sirven; PART IV: Idiopathic Epilepsy; 11. Treatment of idiopathic generalized epilepsy, M Carreno; PART V: Complicating conditions; 12. Treatment of the hospitalized patient with new onset seizures, L Hirsh; 13. Treatment of the epilepsy patient with concomitant medical conditions, N Delanty; 14. Management of status epilepticus, C Doherty; 15. Treatment of the epilepsy patient with concomitant psychiatric conditions, A Kanner; 16. Treatment of epilepsy in moderate to severe learning disability, M Kerr; Abbreviations; Index.
Provides an account of treatments and interventions in various aspects of epilepsy. This guide includes chapters which discuss seizure classification, epilepsies with differing ages of onset, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, management, drug treatments, and special considerations for those with concomitant complications.
