Epilepsy

"A concise clinical reference to the important features of epilepsy, providing a comprehensive grounding of basic knowledge that lays the foundation for effective care of persons with seizures. It guides practitioners in thinking logically about treatment, from the first clinic visit, subsequent visits, treatment failure, adverse effects, pregnancy, seizure emergencies, etc. The target audience is neurology residents, but this approach should prove useful for epilepsy fellows and for practitioners"--

Preceded by Adult epilepsy / edited by Gregory D. Cascino and Joseph I Sirven. 2011.

List of Contributors; I. Epilepsy: Epidemiology, Diagnostic evaluation and Co-Morbidities (Greg Cascino); Chapter 1. Introduction and Epidemiology (Cascino); Chapter 2. Classification of Seizures and the Epilepsies (Wirrell); Chapter 3. Etiology and Pathology (Noe, Nickels); Chapter 4. Genetics of Epilepsy (Fine, Wong-Kisiel, Sheth); Chapter 5. Burden of Epilepsy (co-morbidities, driving, SUDEP, disability, psychiatry, IEPs, Quality Care in Epilepsy) (Crepeau, Cascino, Moore); Chapter 6. EEG and Epilepsy (include routine, scalp-recorded video-EEG, MEG) (Feyissa, Lagerlund, So); Chapter 7. Neuroimaging in Epilepsy (include CT, MRI, PET, SISCOM, fMRI) (So, Kotsenas, Watson, Brinkmann); Chapter 8. Diagnosing Epilepsy versus other Events- Non-epileptic spells (Drazkowski, Hoerth); Chapter 9. Sleep disorders and epilepsy (St. Louis, Carvalho, Moore); Epilepsy Journey # 1- Patient with a Genetic based epilepsy-what does this mean and how to counsel (Fine); Epilepsy Journey # 2- Patient with Spells- Algorithm for Spell workup- Adult (older pt.) Burkholder; Epilepsy Journey # 3- Patient with Spells- Algorithm for Spell Workup- Kid (Nickels); Epilepsy Journey #4- Transitioning fro…