Children with seizures [[electronic resource] /] / Martin L. Kutscher ; foreword by Gregory L. Holmes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450850903321
• Autore: Kutscher Martin L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley, 2006
• ISBN: 9786610566662; 1-84642-490-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Collana: JKP Essentials
• Disciplina: 618.92/853
• Soggetti: Convulsions in children; Epilepsy in children; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Children with Seizures; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Part 1: OVERVIEW OF SEIZURES AND THEIR CARE; Chapter 1: OVERVIEW OF SEIZURES; Chapter 2: WHAT TO OBSERVE DURING A SEIZURE; Chapter 3: WHAT TO DO DURING A SEIZURE; Chapter 4: ACCIDENT PRECAUTIONS; Chapter 5: MEDICAL EVALUATION OF SEIZURES; Chapter 6: TO TREAT OR NOT, AND WHEN TO STOP?; Chapter 7: TREATMENT WITH MEDICATIONS; Chapter 8: TREATMENT OPTIONS OTHER THAN MEDICATION; Chapter 9: FOR KIDS TO READ WITH THEIR PARENTS: WHAT ARE SEIZURES, ANYWAY?; Chapter 10: CHAPTER ON (AND FOR) TEENS WITH EPILEPSY; Part 2: INDIVIDUAL EPILEPSY SYNDROMES; Chapter 11: INTRODUCTION TO THE EPILEPSIESChapter 12: IDIOPATHIC FOCAL EPILEPSIES: BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY WITH CENTROTEMPORAL SPIKES (BCECTS); Chapter 13: IDIOPATHIC FOCAL EPILEPSIES: CHILDHOOD OCCIPITAL EPILEPSIES (COE); Chapter 14: SYMPTOMATIC FOCAL EPILEPSIES: THE TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSIES; Chapter 15: SYMPTOMATIC FOCAL EPILEPSIES: OTHER TYPES; Chapter 16: THE GENERALIZED EPILEPSIES: CHILDHOOD AND JUVENILE ABSENCE EPILEPSY; Chapter 17: THE GENERALIZED EPILEPSIES: JUVENILE MYOCLONIC EPILEPSY (JME); Chapter 18: THE GENERALIZED EPILEPSIES: IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY WITH GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURES ONLYChapter 19: THE ; GENERALIZED EPILEPSIES: INFANTILE SPASMS (WEST SYNDROME); Chapter 20: THE GENERALIZED EPILEPSIES: LENNOX-GASTAUT SYNDROME; Chapter 21: SEIZURES NOT REQUIRING THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY: FEBRILE SEIZURES; Chapter 22: THE HISTORY OF EPILEPSY: A TIMELINE; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This concise, accessible handbook for families, friends and carers of children with seizures provides all the information they need to approach seizures from a position of strength. It discusses types and causes of seizures, what to do during a seizure as well as some of the most common epilepsy syndromes in more detail.