Epilepsy
Subtitle: problem solving in clinical practice
By: edited by Dieter Schmidt, Steven C Schachter.
Contributors: Schmidt, Dieter, M.D.; Schachter, Steven C.
Publisher: Martin Dunitz; [distributed by] Blackwell Science
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
Subjects: Epilepsy -- diagnosis; Epilepsy -- therapy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Seizures during sleep; title: Ch. 2. Seizures and syncopes; title: Ch. 3. Rational diagnosis of non-epileptic seizures; title: Ch. 4. Epileptic seizures progressing into non-epileptic conversion seizures; title: Ch. 5. Partial seizures in children and adults: are they different?; title: Ch. 6. Diagnosis and treatment of seizures in the elderly: current recommendations; title: Ch. 7. Rational diagnosis of subtle and non-conculsive status epilepticus; title: Ch. 8. Diagnosis of cortical and subcortical dysplasias in epilepsy; title: Ch. 9. Rational diagnosis of genetic epilepsies; title: Ch. 10. Early recognition of surgically amenable epilepsy syndromes; title: Ch. 11. Rational and cost-effective presurgical evaluation; title: Ch. 12. Interictal focus localization; title: Ch. 13. Psychiatric issues; title: Ch. 14. Neuropsychological assessment of memory functions in epilepsy; title: Ch. 15. Starting antiepileptic drugs; title: Ch. 16. Stopping treatment for epilepsy; title: Ch. 17. Overtreatment of epilepsy and how to avoid it; title: Ch. 18. Pregnancy and epilepsy; title: Ch. 19. Effective treatment for status epilepticus; title: Ch. 20. Non-responsive partial epilepsy: what should be done?; title: Ch. 21. Neuropsychology and epilepsy surgery: optimizing the timing of surgery, minimizing cognitive morbidity, and maximizing functional status; title: Ch. 22. Cognitive deficits in epilepsy: is there a treatment?; title: Ch. 23. The ten most common treatment errors in epilepsy; title: Ch. 24. The ketogenic diet revisited; title: Ch. 25. Therapeutic challenges in infantile epileptic encephalopathies; title: Ch. 26. Epilepsy surgery in children: when and how to operate; title: Ch. 27. West's syndrome: the role of new antiepileptic drugs; title: Ch. 28. Intractable myoclonic absences; title: Ch. 29. Long-term prognosis of epilepsy; title: Ch. 30. Excess mortality in epilepsy: impact on clinical management; title: Ch. 31. Predicting surgical outcome in epilepsy: how good are we?; title: Ch. 32. Hormones and epilepsy; title: Ch. 33 Subacute focal encephalitis; title: Ch. 34. Vagal nerve stimulation; title: Ch. 35. Patient satisfaction and patient advocacy in epilepsy; title: Ch. 36. The team approach to treating epilepsy: when do we need it?