Full Description
Part of the "What Do I Do Now?" series, Pediatric Neurology uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic conditions in children. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading. For this edition, the table of contents has been reorganized, and all cases and references have been updated. New cases have been added including: Charcot Marie Tooth, NMDA Receptor AB Encephalopathy, Guillain Barre Syndrome, Transverse Myelitis, Tics/Tourette Syndrome, Conversion Disorder, Chronic Daily Headache, and Chiari I Malformation. Pediatric Neurology is an engaging collection of thought-provoking cases which clinicians can utilize when they encounter difficult patients. The volume is also a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"
Contents
I. Paroxysmal Disorders
1. The Girl Who Wouldn't Answer
2. Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
3. Newborn with a Rhythmic Twitch
4. Muteness at Breakfast
5. Going Limp--A Case of Recurring Collapse
6. Autonomic Storms En Route
7. A Frightful Awakening
8. Beyond Colic: the Distant Infant
9. The Twitch that Came Before
10. Airway, Breathing, Circulation, and Anti-convulsants
II. Congenital and Genetic Disorders
11. A Question of Family History
12. Of Cramped Limbs, and a Rough Start
13. The Case of the Changing Gait
14. The Boy Who Couldn't Keep Up
15. Beyond Autism-A Genetic Resolution
16. Learning Difficulty-Diagnosis Beyond the Neurological Examination
17. A Sleepy Newborn
18. A Loss of Connection
19. The Weak Baby
20. Contents Under Pressure
21. Episodic Weakness-Seeing Through the Smoke
III. Potpourri: Inflammatory, Pain, Neuropsychiatric, and Movement Disorders
22. A Panoply of Symptoms
23. The Girl with the Bizarre Gait
24. Heavy Legs and a Sore Back
25. A Sudden Loss of Balance
26. Darting Eyes
27. Walking on Tip-toes
28. The Boy Who Kept Rolling His Eyes
29. A Sudden Collapse
30. The Headache That Wouldn't Go Away
31. Headache: To Scan or Not to Scan?
