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Main description:
Fast Facts: Epilepsy is a succinct and practical aid to the diagnosis and treatment of seizure disorders. Contents include:
- The diagnostic essentials - classification of seizures, conditions that can mimic epileptic seizures, clinical evaluation of the patient and the latest brain-imaging techniques
- The principles of drug selection and therapy withdrawal
- An up-to-date overview of all 15 antiepileptic drugs on the market
- The non-pharmacological options for patients with medically refractory epilepsy, including deep brain stimulation
- Special considerations for women, elderly people, teenagers and people with learning disabilities
- Psychiatric morbidities - depression, anxiety and psychosis
- The effects of epilepsy on employment, driving, life insurance and lifestyle.
- The management of patients with epilepsy is a team effort involving medical and social service professionals and the patient's family, friends and co-workers. Primary care providers are at the forefront of care, usually performing the initial evaluation after the first seizure, making dose adjustments to the patient's drug treatment and providing ongoing support.
Now in its fifth edition, this ever-popular handbook is a neatly packaged, up-to-date resource for the busy clinician and team, to help investigate, diagnose and successfully treat children and adults with a wide range of seizure disorders.
Contents:
Epidemiology and prognosis
Classification of seizures and syndromes
Diagnosis; Pharmacological management
Antiepileptic drugs
Non-pharmacological management
Status epilepticus and seizure clusters
Specific populations
Quality of life
Future trends
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Health Press
Publication date: March, 2012
Pages: 144
Weight: 652g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Neurology
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Easy to read and equally simple to dip in and out of. I couldn't find anything significant missing, which is amazing for such a relatively small size; it certainly lived up to its title of 'Fast facts'. I would recommend this book to anyone involved in the care of patients with epilepsy. This book delivers what it promises: key information about epilepsy in a succinct and easy to access way.