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 Perfect for rotations and board exam preparation, CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatric Neurology fills a void of up-to-date reference material on this topic. Presented in the time-saving style that makes LANGE CURRENT books so popular, this comprehensive resource includes detailed descriptions of neurologic diseases, along with as safe, effective diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and treatments. Organized to maximize review time, it includes Problem, Essentials of Diagnosis, Clinical Findings, Differential Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis for each topic covered. Features include summaries of the latest guidelines and treatment recommendations for all pediatric neurology diseases and disorders, as well as multiple choice questions-invaluable for board review. Packed with nearly 50 chapters, CURRENT Diagnosis and Treatment Pediatric Neurology covers the full spectrum of pediatric neurologic conditions, including sections on: * Cardinal manifestations of neurologic disease * Developmental disorders * Pain and other disorders of somatic sensation * Epilepsy and disorders of consciousness * Major categories of neurologic disease * Diseases of spinal cord, peripheral nerve and muscle

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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 Diseases
Chapter 37 Inherited Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 38 Developmental Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 39 Degenerative Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 40 Acquired Metabolic Diseases of the Nervous System
Chapter 41 Diseases of the Nervous System Due to Nutritional Deficiency
Chapter 42 Alcoholand Alcoholism
Part5-Diseases of Spinal Cord, Peripheral Nerve and Muscle
Chapter 43 Neuromuscular
Chapter 44 Diseases of the Spinal Cord
Chapter 45 Electophysiologic and Laboratory Aids in the Diagnosis of
Neuromuscular Disease
Chapter 46 The Inflammatory, Metabolic and Toxic Myopathies
Chapter 47 Diseases of the Cranial Nerves
Chapter 48 Principles of Clinical Myology: Diagnosis and Classification of
Diseases of Muscle and Neuromuscular Junction
Chapter 49 The Infectious and Inflammatory Myopathies
Chapter 50 The Muscular Dystrophies
Part6-Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 51 The Neuroses and Personality Disorders
Chapter 52 The Congenital Neuromuscular Disorders
Chapter 53 Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders of the Neuromuscular
Junction
Chapter 54 The Periodic Paralyses and Hereditary, Nondystrophic Myotonias
(ION
Channel Disorders)
Chapter 55 Disorders of Muscle Characterized by Cramp, Spasm, Pain, and
Localized Masses
Chapter 56 The Anxiety Neuroses, Hysteria, and Personality Disorders
Chapter 57 Depression and Manic-Depressive (Bipolar) Disease
Chapter 58 The Schizophrenias and Paranoid States