Status Epilepticus

by Drislane, Frank W., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781588293558
• ISBN10: 1588293556
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Humana Pr Inc

Summary

A panel of senior clinicians critically reviews the many forms of status epilepticus (SE), their causes, manifestations, methods of diagnosis, and appropriate treatments. The emphasis is on the disease as encountered by the clinician in the field and the importance of correct recognition and diagnosis. The authors provide for each form of SE the underlying genetic, biological, and developmental background, the pathophysiological processes, as well as the precipitating factors that lead to an episode. For the difficult problem of diagnosing nonconvulsive SE, they offer detailed syndrome classifications, differential diagnoses, descriptions of seizure "imitators," notes on unusual behavioral and cognitive manifestations, and carefully delineated clinical presentations. Additional highlights include striking EEG reproductions that provide classic examples of patients in SE, SE in very young children and neonates, and an analysis of the cellular physiology and processes occurring during SE.

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Series Editor's Introduction	vi
Preface	ix
Contributors	xv
Part I. General Topics
1 History of Status Epilepticus	3	(8)
Peter W. Kaplan
2 Types of Status Epilepticus: Definitions and Classification	11	(22)
Frank W. Drislane
3 Differential Diagnosis of Status Epilepticus: Pseudostatus Epilepticus	33	(22)
Barbara A. Dworetzky and Edward B. Bromfield
4 Epidemiology of Status Epilepticus	55	(22)
Elizabeth J. Waterhouse
5 The Electroencephalogram in Status Epilepticus	77	(50)
Susan T. Herman
Part II. Generalized Convulsive and Focal Status Epilepticus
6 Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus: Causes, Clinical Manifestations, and Consequences	127	(16)
Bernard S. Chang
7 Focal Status Epilepticus	143	(16)
Donald L. Schomer
Part III. Basic Considerations
8 Cellular Physiology of Status Epilepticus	159	(22)
Omotola Hope and Hal Blumenfeld
9 Cellular Damage and the Neuropathology of Status Epilepticus	181
Nathan B. Fountain
Part IV. Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
10 Clinical Presentations of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus	197	(24)
Peter W. Kaplan
11 Cognitive Manifestations of Status Epilepticus: Ictal Aphasia, Amnesia, and Psychosis	221	(24)
Michael Benatar
12 Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus: Morbidity and Consequences	245	(20)
Frank W. Drislane
Part V. Treatment
13 Treatment of Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus	265	(24)
Tina Shih and Carl W. Bazil
14 Treatment of Refractory Status Epilepticus	289	(10)
Teresa L. Smith and Thomas P. Bleck
15 Treatment of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus	299	(14)
Frank W. Drislane
Part VI. Pediatric and Neonatal Status Epilepticus
16 Status Epilepticus in Children	313	(26)
James J. Riviello, Jr.
17 Status Epilepticus in Neonates	339	(14)
John N. Gaitanis and James J. Riviello, Jr.
Index	353

Excerpts

"The recent explosive growth in the study of status epilepticus (SE), an epileptic seizure that threatens to produce new seizures, has shown that SE is not a single disease, but arises from different substrates of the brain and comprises multifaceted illnesses. In Status Epilepticus: A Clinical Perspective, a panel of senior clinicians critically reviews the many forms of SE, their causes, manifestations, methods of diagnosis, and appropriate treatments. The authors emphasize the disease as encountered by the clinician in the field and the importance of correct recognition and diagnosis. They provide for each form of SE the underlying genetic, biological, and developmental background, the pathophysiological processes, as well as the precipitating factors that lead to an episode." "Comprehensive and up-to-date, Status Epilepticus: A Clinical Perspective offers the neurologic clinician an authoritative review of the diagnosis and treatment of the many forms of this most serious and challenging acute nervous system disorder."--BOOK JACKET.