Principles of therapy in the epilepsies
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9780857290083
Table of contents: title: Anti-epileptic Drug Prophylactic Treatment. Clarifications on terminology of AED treatment -- Choosing the best AED option -- Newest generation AEDs licensed in the treatment of focal epilepsies : lacosamide and eslicarbazepine-- Newly diagnosed epilepsy -- Monotherapy -- Rational polytherapy -- Total AED withdrawal -- Generic versus brand or generic to generic AED prescribing -- Evidence for AED treatment recommendations in clinical practice	-- Therapeutic drug monitoring -- Considerations of adverse anti-epileptic drug reactions in the treatment of epilepsies -- Principles of management in women with epilepsies. Oral hormonal contraception and AEDs -- Pregnancy -- Teratogenicity -- Breastfeeding and AEDs -- Principles of AED therapy in women of childbearing age in clinical practice -- Principles of management in the elderly with epileptic seizures. Difficulties in diagnosing epileptic seizures in the elderly -- Frequency of seizures and their severity in the elderly -- Electroencephalogram and other investigative procedures in the elderly -- Physiological and other changes in the elderly that may affect AEDs -- Principles of AED treatment in the elderly -- Surgery for epilepsies. Criteria for surgical referral	 -- Strategy of a surgical work-up -- Types of surgical procedures -- Vagus Nerve Stimulation. Efficacy -- Adverse reactions -- Technical aspects -- Surgical procedure and cost -- What is the place of VNS in the treatment of epilepsies? -- Ketogenic diet. Indications and efficacy -- Rationale and types of ketogenic diet -- Adverse effects of the ketogenic diet -- Corticosteroids in the treatment of childhood epilepsies. Preparation, doses and regimens of corticosteroids -- Adverse effects and monitoring of corticosteroid treatment.