Main description:

Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Pediatric Neurology uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic conditions in children. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this edition, the table of contents has been reorganized, and all cases and references have been updated. New cases have been added including:
Charcot Marie Tooth, NMDA Receptor AB Encephalopathy, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Transverse Myelitis, Tics/Tourette Syndrome, Conversion Disorder, Chronic Daily Headache, and Chiari I Malformation. Pediatric Neurology is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they
encounter difficult patients. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

Contents:

I. Paroxysmal Disorders

1. The Girl Who Wouldn't Answer

2. Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood

3. Newborn with a Rhythmic Twitch

4. Muteness at Breakfast

5. Going Limp--A Case of Recurring Collapse

6. Autonomic Storms En Route

7. A Frightful Awakening

8. Beyond Colic: the Distant Infant

9. The Twitch that Came Before

10. Airway, Breathing, Circulation, and Anti-convulsants

II. Congenital and Genetic Disorders

11. A Question of Family History

12. Of Cramped Limbs, and a Rough Start

13. The Case of the Changing Gait

14. The Boy Who Couldn't Keep Up

15. Beyond Autism-A Genetic Resolution

16. Learning Difficulty-Diagnosis Beyond the Neurological Examination

17. A Sleepy Newborn

18. A Loss of Connection

19. The Weak Baby

20. Contents Under Pressure

21. Episodic Weakness-Seeing Through the Smoke

III. Potpourri: Inflammatory, Pain, Neuropsychiatric, and Movement Disorders

22. A Panoply of Symptoms

23. The Girl with the Bizarre Gait

24. Heavy Legs and a Sore Back

25. A Sudden Loss of Balance

26. Darting Eyes

27. Walking on Tip-toes

28. The Boy Who Kept Rolling His Eyes

29. A Sudden Collapse

30. The Headache That Wouldn't Go Away

31. Headache: To Scan or Not to Scan?