Handbook of Epilepsy

by Browne, Thomas R.; Holmes, Gregory L.

• ISBN13: 9780781743525
• ISBN10: 0781743524
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-02
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Thoroughly updated for its Third Edition, this best-selling pocket reference is a practical point-of-care guide to the diagnosis and management of epilepsy. In an easy-to-use outline format, the book provides complete, clinically focused information on seizure classification, epilepsies with different ages of onset, situation-related epilepsy, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, and all available drug treatments, including dosages, side effects, and drug interactions. Close attention is also given to special problems arising in the management of elderly patients, women, and children with seizure disorders. This edition includes a revised classification of epilepsy syndromes, several newly identified syndromes, and new clinical guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. The authors provide complete information on new antiepileptic drugs such as levetiracetam and new formulations, indications, and dosing schedules for older drugs. Also included are timely discussions on the neuropsychological effects of seizures and antiepileptic drugs and the long-term efficacy of vagal nerve stimulation.

Author Biography

Thomas R. Browne, M.D.: Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine; Director Boston University School of Medicine Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Massachusetts Gregory L. Holmes, M.D.: Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School; Chief of Neurology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Epilepsy: Definitions and Background	p. 1
Types of Seizures	p. 21
Epilepsies with Onset at All Ages: Symptomatic and Probably Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies	p. 43
Epilepsies with Neonatal Onset (Birth to 2 Months): Focal and Generalized Epilepsies	p. 56
Epilepsies with Onset During Infancy (2 to 12 Months)	p. 67
Epilepsies with Childhood Onset (1 to 12 Years)	p. 83
Epilepsies with Juvenile and Adult Onset (12 Years and Older)	p. 100
Seizures Not Necessarily Requiring a Diagnosis of Epilepsy	p. 106
Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis	p. 121
Management	p. 138
Antiepileptic Drugs	p. 162
Status Epilepticus	p. 199
Special Considerations in Women and the Elderly	p. 216
Counseling	p. 227
Conversion Table for Antiepileptic Drug Plasma Concentration Determinations	p. 233
Subject Index	p. 235
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