Nonconvulsive status epilepticus
By: edited by Peter W. Kaplan, Frank W. Drislane.
Contributors: Kaplan, Peter W., 1951-; Drislane, Frank.
Publisher: Demos Medical Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781933864105
Subjects: Epilepsy; Status Epilepticus
Description: An under-recognized condition that can potentially cause brain damage and even death, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an important clinical problem, occurring in about 25% of status epilepsy cases. Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management. The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical aspects. Following chapters discuss relevant epidemiology, electrophysiology, imaging and pathophysiology of NCSE, with supplementary sections devoted to psychiatric and behavioral aspects of NCSE and to the different diagnostic considerations of its frequently unusual behavioral presentations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Peter W. Kaplan; title: The classification of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Simon Shorvon; title: The epidemiology of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Elizabeth J. Waterhouse; title: The electroencephalogram of nonconvulsive status epileticus / Susan T. Herman; title: Controversial electroencephalographic patterns and nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Richard P. Brenner; title: Imaging in nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Jonathan C. Edwards and Diana Gomez-Hassan; title: Pathophysiology of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Jaideep Kapur; title: Frontal lobe nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Pierre Thomas and Benjamin Zifkin; title: Parietal lobe nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Jennifer Hopp and Allan Krumholz; title: Temporal lobe nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Heinz Gregor Wieser and Michael Fischer; title: Occipital lobe nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Barbara C. Jobst, David W. Roberts, and Peter D. Williamson; title: Absence status epilepticus / Michael Koutroumanidis; title: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in critically ill and comatose patients in the intensive care unit / Jeffrey Jirsch and Lawrence J. Hirsch; title: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus : a mimicker of neurologic disorders / Krzysztof Bujarski and Michael R. Sperling; title: Psychiatric manifestations of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Ada V. Chicharro and Andres M. Kanner; title: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in infants / Christian M. Korff and Douglas R. Nordli, Jr.; title: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in children / James J. Riviello, Jr.; title: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in the elderly / Frank W. Drislane; title: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus : special considerations in the mentally retarded / Randa Y. Makhoul and Mohamad A. Mikati; title: Principles of treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Matthew C. Walker; title: Prognosis and outcomes of infants and children with nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Alexis Arzimanoglou and Edouard Hirsch; title: Prognosis and outcomes of adults with nonconvulsive status epilepticus / Nathan B. Fountain.