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Status Epilepticus
A Clinical Perspective
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Main description:

A panel of senior clinicians critically reviews the many forms of status epilepticus (SE), their causes, manifestations, methods of diagnosis, and appropriate treatments. The emphasis is on the disease as encountered by the clinician in the field and the importance of correct recognition and diagnosis. The authors provide for each form of SE the underlying genetic, biological, and developmental background, the pathophysiological processes, as well as the precipitating factors that lead to an episode. For the difficult problem of diagnosing nonconvulsive SE, they offer detailed syndrome classifications, differential diagnoses, descriptions of seizure "imitators," notes on unusual behavioral and cognitive manifestations, and carefully delineated clinical presentations. Additional highlights include striking EEG reproductions that provide classic examples of patients in SE, SE in very young children and neonates, and an analysis of the cellular physiology and processes occurring during SE.


Contents:

Part I. General Topics

History of Status Epilepticus
Peter W. Kaplan

Types of Status Epilepticus: Definitions and Classification
Frank W. Drislane

Differential Diagnosis of Status Epilepticus: Pseudostatus Epilepticus
Barbara A. Dworetzky and Edward B. Bromfield

Epidemiology of Status Epilepticus
Elizabeth J. Waterhouse

The Electroencephalogram in Status Epilepticus
Susan T. Herman

Part II. Generalized Convulsive and Focal Status Epilepticus

Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus: Causes, Clinical Manifestations, and Consequences
Bernard S. Chang

Focal Status Epilepticus
Donald L. Schomer

Part III. Basic Considerations

Cellular Physiology of Status Epilepticus
Omotola Hope and Hal Blumenfeld

Cellular Damage and the Neuropathology of Status Epilepticus
Nathan B. Fountain

Part IV. Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

Clinical Presentations of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
Peter W. Kaplan

Cognitive Manifestations of Status Epilepticus: Ictal Aphasia, Amnesia, and Psychosis
Michael Benatar

Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus: Morbidity and Consequences
Frank W. Drislane

Part V. Treatment

Treatment of Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus
Tina Shih and Carl W. Bazil

Treatment of Refractory Status Epilepticus
Teresa L. Smith and Thomas P. Bleck

Treatment of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
Frank W. Drislane

Part VI. Pediatric and Neonatal Status Epilepticus

Status Epilepticus in Children
James J. Riviello, Jr.

Status Epilepticus in Neonates
John N. Gaitanis and James J. Riviello, Jr.

Index


PRODUCT DETAILS

ISBN-13: 9781617375163
Publisher: Springer (Humana Press Inc.)
Publication date: November, 2010
Pages: 384
Weight: 563g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Neurology
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