Principles and Practice of Child Neurology in Infancy (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Kennedy, Colin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This handbook of neurological practice in infants is designed to be of practical use to all clinicians, but particularly those in under-resourced locations. Seventy per cent of children with disabilities live in resource-poor countries and most of these children have neurological impairments. This book presents recommendations for investigations and treatments based on internationally accepted good practice that can be implemented in most settings. The book is divided into two parts: Principles and Clinical settings, with the latter taking a symptom-based approach. The contributors have approached their chapters using an accessible, didactic style and consistent organization of material. The emphasis throughout is on clinical methods, the use of appropriate investigations and treatments, and the avoidance of unnecessary or potentially harmful interventions. For quick reference, all chapters feature boxes highlighting key messages, common errors, and when to worry. The book is designed to be carried round as a handy reference.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mac Keith Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908316387
• Artikelnr.: 43437130

Autorenporträt

Colin Kennedy is Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, and principal investigator on several long term funded studies, including those requiring national or international collaboration. He is a former president of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and the British Paediatric Neurology Association, and a past convenor of the European Committee of National Advisers in Paediatric Neurology. He has a particular interest in the care of children with neurological problems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF CHILD NEUROLOGY IN INFANCY
1 Terms, definitions and concepts -  Colin Kennedy
2 Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement  - Audrone
Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde
3 Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine  - Andrew L. Lux
4 Promoting child development - Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras
5 Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment - Leena Haataja, Vittorio
Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni
6 Prevention of neurological disease in infants - Jane Williams and Colin
Kennedy
7 Cranial imaging - Brigitte Vollmer
8 Neurophysiological investigations - Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan
9 Biochemical and haematological testing - Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan
10 Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals - Imti Choonara and Peter
Baxter
11 Nonpharmacological treatment - Ilona Autti-Rämö
PART 2: PRACTICE CLINICAL SETTINGS
12 Neonatal encephalopathy - Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto
13 Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies -
Barbara Plecko
14 Acute non-febrile encephalopathy - Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli
Metsvaht and Inga Talvik
15 Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and
infective space-occupying lesions - Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton
16 Post-neonatal epileptic seizures - Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross
17 Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy - John B.P. Stephenson and
Alla Nechay
18 Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus - Colin Kennedy
19 Microcephaly, including congenital infections - Richard Chin and Vlatka
Mejaski-Bosnjak
20 The floppy infant - Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen
21 Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth -
Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene
22 Cerebral palsy - Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter
23 Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy -
Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen
24 Progressive loss of skills - Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard
Newton
Appendix 1: Growth charts