Seizures : medical causes and management / edited by Norman Delanty ; foreword by Marc Dichter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Delanty, Norman.

Dichter, Marc A.

Series:

Current clinical neurology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Convulsions.

Seizures--diagnosis.

Seizures--therapy.

Medical Subjects:

Seizures--diagnosis.

Seizures--therapy.

Physical Description:

xii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2002]

Contents:

1 Definitions and Epidemiology / Norman Delanty, MB, FRCPI 1

2 Pathophysiology of Acute Symptomatic Seizures / Carl J. Vaughan, MD, MRCPI, Norman Delanty, MB, FRCPI 7

3 Seizures in Acute Neurological Disorders / Peter B. Crino, MD, PhD 25

4 Seizures in Multisystem Disease Affecting the Nervous System / Joerg-Patrick Stubgen, MD, FRCPC 49

5 Seizures and Organ Failure / Jane Boggs, MD 71

6 Seizures and Electrolyte Imbalance / Alvaro R. Gutierrez, MD, Jack E. Riggs, MD 85

7 Seizures and Endocrine Disorders / Cormac A. O'Donovan, MD, Ramel A. Carlos, MD 107

8 Seizures, Fever, and Systemic Infection / Kevin Murphy, MRCPI, Henry Fraimow, MD 121

9 Medication-Associated Seizures / Paul A. Garcia, MD, Brian K. Alldredge, PharmD 147

10 Alcohol and Seizures / Gail D'Onofrio, MD, Andrew S. Ulrich, MD, Niels K. Rathlev, MD 167

11 Seizures and Illicit Drug Use / John C. M. Brust, MD 183

12 Seizures Attributable to Environmental Toxins / Fernando Cendes, MD, PhD 193

13 Seizures in Cancer Patients / Myrna R. Rosenfeld, MD, PhD, Josep Dalmau, MD, PhD 207

14 Seizures Associated with Hypoxic-Ischemic Cardiopulmonary Disorders / Muredach Reilly, MB, MRCPI 233

15 Seizures, Hypertension, and Posterior Leukoencephalopathy / Norman Delanty, MB, FRCPI, Carl J. Vaughan, MD, MRCPI 251

16 Seizures Following Organ Transplantation / Jane Boggs, MD 261

17 Seizures and Syncope / Suneet Mittal, MD, Bruce B. Lerman, MD 271

18 Seizures in the Tropics / Nimal Senanayake, MD, PhD, DSc, FRCP, FRCPE 285

19 Seizures in the ICU Patient / Michael M. Frucht, MD, Thomas P. Bleck, MD, FACP, FCCM, FCCP 309

20 Status Epilepticus in the Critically Ill / Michael C. Smith, MD, Michele Del Signore, DO 319

21 Anticonvulsants in Acute Medical Illness / Colin Roberts, MD, Jacqueline A. French, MD 333.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0896038270

OCLC:

47216845