Principles and Practice of Child Neurology in Infancy, 2nd Edition

Colin Kennedy

• Publisher: Mac Keith Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN:
  9781911612001
• eBook ISBN:
  9781911612001
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Neurology

The scope of the book includes all neurological problems in infancy. In the first half, it sets out in a succinct format the principles of working with families, of clinical assessment, of the use of investigations and treatments, and of evidence-based medicine. The second, symptom-based half of the book provides detailed guidance on the practice of child neurology in infancy. The authors are distinguished experts drawn from all over Europe. The contributors have approached their chapters using an accessible, didactic style and consistent organization of material. The emphasis throughout is on clinical methods, the use of appropriate investigations and treatments, and the avoidance of unnecessary or potentially harmful interventions. For quick reference, all chapters feature boxes highlighting key messages, common errors, and when to worry. The book is designed to be carried round as a handy reference.

Table of contents

• Author Appointments
• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Terms, definitions, and concepts
• 2 Interprofessional working:user and carer involvement
• 3 Clinical epidemiology andevidence-based medicine
• 4 Promoting child development
• 5 The neonatal examination and neurodevelopmentalassessment
• 6 Neurological examinationbeyond the neonatal period
• 7 Prevention, vaccination, andscreening
• 8 Cranial imaging
• 9 Neurophysiology
• 10 Biochemical and haematological testing
• 11 Genetic testing
• 12 Drug treatments: drugs,vitamins, and minerals
• 13 Nonpharmacological treatment
• 14 Birth asphyxia and other acute encephalopathies in thenewborn infant
• 15 Inherited metabolicencephalopathies of infancy
• 16 Neonatal seizures
• 17 Acute encephalopathy andtraumatic brain injury
• 18 Stroke
• 19 Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis, and infective space-occupying lesions
• 20 Postneonatal epileptic seizures
• 21 Nonepileptic paroxysmaldisorders in infancy
• 22 Microcephaly, includingcongenital infections
• 23 Macrocephaly, includinghydrocephalus andbrain tumours
• 24 The floppy infant
• 25 Infant sleep and behaviour
• 26 Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalitiesat birth
• 27 Cerebral palsy
• 28 Central nervous systemdisorders of movement other than cerebral palsy
• 29 Progressive loss of skills
• Index
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