The Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment of Epilepsy: A Practical GuideSteven C. Schachter, Donald L. Schomer Epilepsy is, after headache, the second most common neurological disorder. This book clarifies the many courses of action to take in treating patients with epilepsy. It presents current knowledge about seizures and epilepsy in a comprehensive, socially conscious, and clear manner. The editors have provided this information in a comprehensive, easy-to-use, and practical form. This short, simple pedagogical guide to the diagnosis and management of epilepsy is an important reference work for all medical schools, hospitals, clinics, and primary care centers.
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Contents
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Chapter 2 Radiographic Assessment of Patients with Epilepsy | 37 |
Chapter 3 Treatment of Seizures | 61 |
Chapter 4 Definition and Overview of Intractable Epilepsy | 75 |
Chapter 5 Psychosocial Aspects of Epilepsy | 91 |
Chapter 6 Neuropsychological Assessment and Application to Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | 111 |
Chapter 7 Psychiatric Considerations in Patients with Epilepsy | 131 |
Chapter 8 Status Epilepticus | 149 |
Chapter 9 Diagnosis and Management of Nonepileptic Seizures | 173 |
Technology and Uses | 185 |
Chapter 11 The Surgical Treatment of Epilepsy | 197 |
Chapter 12 Endocrine Aspects of Partial Seizures | 207 |
Chapter 13 Epilepsy and the Elderly | 233 |
Chapter 14 The Team Approach to the Treatment of Epilepsy | 255 |
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The Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment of Epilepsy: A Practical Guide Steven C. Schachter,Donald L. Schomer No preview available - 1998 |
The Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment of Epilepsy: A Practical Guide Steven C. Schachter,Donald L. Schomer No preview available - 1997 |
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Page 2 - With somatosensory or special-sensory symptoms (simple hallucinations, eg tingling, light flashes, buzzing) (a) Somatosensory (b) Visual (c) Auditory (d) Olfactory (e) Gustatory (f) Vertiginous 3. With autonomic symptoms or signs (including epigastric sensation, pallor, sweating, flushing, piloerection and pupillary dilatation) 4. With psychic symptoms (disturbance of higher cerebral function). These symptoms rarely occur without impairment of consciousness and are much more commonly experienced...
Page 2 - EEC interictal expression A. 1. Absence seizures (a) Impairment of consciousness only (b) With mild clonic components (c) With atonic components (d) With tonic components (e) With automatisms (f) With autonomie components (bf may be used alone or in combination) 2.