{"product_id":"epilepsy-case-studies-pearls-for-patient-care-9783030590772","title":"Epilepsy Case Studies: Pearls for Patient Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a case based approach to epilepsy management in both diagnostic challenges and treatment of complex cases. Cases reflect “real life” patient scenarios that practitioners encounter with up-to-date terminology and treatment approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith 51 chapters, the book presents 51 unique, nuanced cases. Beginning with an initial presentation of a case history, the book opens with a basis for drawing in multiple aspects in the treatment of patients with epilepsy. Each chapter is organized into a clinical history, physical examination results, and ancillary testing to concentrate on differential diagnosis and focus on a definitive procedural approach to the final diagnosis. Subsequent information about the condition expands on the knowledge of the clinical features to a solution of common patient clinical scenarios as it affects people with epilepsy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive successor edition, \u003ci\u003eEpilepsy Case Studies\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource to clinicians ranging from those looking for a quick review of a topic present in the table of contents, to those crossing disciplines into medical areas where seizures are a symptom of disordered or dysfunctional brain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeonatal onset-general (ie spasms)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeonatal onset-focal (hyperglycinemia)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFebrile seizures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildhood onset-general (CAE)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLennox-Gastaut syndrome\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChildhood onset-focal (BCECTS)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdolescent onset-general (JME)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdolescent onset-focal (unknown cause)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStigmatization Effect (social consequences)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhysical and mental well-being (sports and education)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhysical Comorbidity (CP)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMental Comorbidity (ADD\/Austistic spectrum disorder)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEtiologies of a foreign tissue lesion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHead trauma \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrecipitating factors (triggers)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSingle seizure (treatment focus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrug cessation (treatment focus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilepsy-adult (treatment focus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilepsy-elderly (treatment focus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneric AEDs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide effects \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrug interactions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirth control\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHormonal replacement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePregnancy (treatment focus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpileptic panic attacks (diagnosis)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnxiety-Depression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolence (frontal lobe seizures) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePNEA-women (diagnosis focus)\u003c\/p\u003ePNEA-men (treatment focus)\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrug-resistant-neurologically normal (“skip” surgery)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrug-resistant-neurologically normal but complex (invasive EEG)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrug-resistant surgical failure (treatment focus)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWork and disability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemory loss\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStatus epilepticus-convulsive\u003c\/p\u003eStatus epilepticus-non-convulsive\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUDEP\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperimental therapies (treatment)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlternative therapies (treatment)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland AG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742850777431,"sku":"9783030590772","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/epilepsy-case-studies-pearls-for-patient-care-9783030590772","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}