Andrew Hershey

CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatric Neurology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Get the latest evidence-based methods for diagnosing and treating neurologic disorders in infants, children, and adolescents * A practical, up-to-date, well-referenced guide to the wide range of neurological diseases that impact infants, children, and adolescents-with detailed descriptions and safe, effective diagnostic procedures and treatments * Nearly 50 chapters covering the full spectrum of pediatric neurologic conditions, including cardinal manifestations of neurologic disease, developmental disorders, pain and other disorders of somatic sensation, epilepsy and disorders of consciousness, major categories of neurologic disease, and diseases of the spinal cord, peripheral nerve and muscle * Summaries of the latest guidelines and treatment recommendations for all pediatric neurology diseases and disorders * Invaluable for rotations and board exam preparation * Addresses many of the new advances in pediatric neurology, while also remaining relevant to trainees and general practitioners to be used as a quick reference guide on treating patients * Each chapter is written by experts in their own subspecialty * A wealth of tables and figures provides quick access to important information LANGE® * Presented in the consistent, easy-to-follow, time-saving CURRENT format: Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis * Ideal for medical students, residents, pediatricians, and neurologists * Brief overviews, highlighted areas of importance, and multiple choice questions for better board prep review * Strikes the perfect balance between brevity and depth

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 185mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781260457520
• ISBN-10: 1260457524
• Artikelnr.: 64934622

Autorenporträt

Andrew D. Hershey, MD, PhD, FAAN, FASH, is Endowed Chair and Director of Neurology, and Headache Medicine Specialist, Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. He is board-certified in neurology with special competence in child neurology and certified in headache medicine. His research interests include the improved diagnosis and treatment of childhood headache disorders, characterization of outcome responses, studies in new pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment regimes, and the neurogenetics of migraines.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1-Introduction
Chapter 1 Approach to the child with a neurologic disease
Chapter 2 Special Techniques for Neurologic Diagnosis
Part 2 - Cardinal Manifestations of Neurologic Disease
Section 1-Disorders of Motility
Chapter 3 Motor Paralysis
Chapter 4 Abnormalities of Movement and Posture Due to Disease of the Basal
Ganglia
Chapter 5 Incoordination and Other Disorders of Cerebellar Function
Chapter 6 Tremor, Myoclonus, Focal Dystonias, and Tics
Chapter 7 Disorders of Stance and Gait
Section 2 - Pain and Other Disorders of Somatic Sensation
Chapter 8 Pain
Chapter 9 Other Somatic Sensation
Chapter 10 Headache and Other Craniofacial Pains
Chapter 11 Pain in the Back, Neck, and Extremities
Section3-Disorders of the Special Senses
Chapter 12 Disorders of Smell and Taste
Chapter 13 Disturbances of Vision
Chapter 14 Disorders of Ocular Movement and Pupillary Function
Chapter 15 Deafness, Dizziness, and Disorders of Equilibrium
Section4-Epilepsy and Disorders of Consciousness
Chapter 16 Epilepsy and Other Seizure Disorders
Chapter 17 Coma and Related Disorders of Consciousness
Chapter 18 Faintness and Syncope
Chapter 19 Sleep and Its Abnormalities
Section5-Derangements of Intellect, Behavior, and Language Due to Diffuse
and FocalCerebral Disease
Chapter 20 Delirium and Other Acute Confusional States
Chapter 21 Dementia and the Amnesic (Korsakoff) Syndrome with Comments on
the Neurology ofIntelligence and Memory
Chapter 22 Neurologic Disorders Caused by Lesions in Particular Parts of
the Cerebrum
Chapter 23 Disorders of Speech and Language
Section6-Anxiety and Disorders of Energy, Mood, Emotion and Autonomic and
EndocrineFunctions
Chapter 24 Fatigue, Asthenia, Anxiety, and Depressive Reactions
Chapter 25 The Limbic Lobes and the Neurology of Emotion
Chapter 26 Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System, Respiration, and
Swallowing
Chapter 27 The Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrine Disorders
Part 3-Growthand Development of the Nervous System and the
Neurology ofAging
Chapter 28 Normal Development and Deviations in Development of the Nervous
System
Chapter 29 The Neurology of Aging
Part 4-MajorCategories of Neurologic Disease
Chapter 30 Disturbances of Cerebrospinal Fluid and its Circulation,
Including Hydrocephalus, Pseudotumor Cerebri, and Low-Pressure Syndromes
Chapter 31 IntracranialNeoplasms and Paraneoplastic Disorders
Chapter 32 Infections of the Nervous System (Bacterial, Fungal,
Spirochetal, Parasitic) andSarcoidosis
Chapter 33 Viral Infections of the Nervous System, Chronic Meningitis, and
Prion Diseases
Chapter 34 Cerebrovascular Diseases
Chapter 35 Craniocerebral Trauma
Chapter 36 Multiple Sclerosis and Allied Demyelinating Disea