Patrick Landazuri (University of Kansas Medical Centre), Nuria Lacuey Lecumberri ( University of Texas Health Science Center, Laura Vilella Bertran (H University of Texas Health Science Center

Seizure and Epilepsy Care

The Pocket Epileptologist

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Epilepsy is a frequently encountered disease, but one that is commonly mistreated due to misunderstandings of specific diagnoses and treatments. The book is aimed at non-epilepsy specialists who treat epilepsy patients acutely or chronically who need actionable information to improve care of epilepsy and seizure patients.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Manuals in Neurology
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 120mm x 189mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9781009264983
• ISBN-10: 1009264982
• Artikelnr.: 66453813

Autorenporträt

Patrick Landazuri is an Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Inhaltsangabe

1. How do I evaluate a first time seizure?; 2. How do I make an epilepsy
diagnosis?; 3. What anti-seizure medications (ASMs) treat epilepsy and how
do I pick?; 4. How can I best use EEG for treating epilepsy patients?; 5.
What are common epilepsy imaging findings in new onset and chronic epilepsy
care?; 6. How do I care for patients in the emergency department and
inpatient settings; 7. How do I manage epilepsy emergencies like status
epilepticus?; 8. What is the best long-term treatment plan for epilepsy
patients as an outpatient?; 9. What to do when your patient fails two
anti-seizure medicines: managing drug resistant epilepsy as an outpatient;
10. Non-epileptic events and general psychiatric care for epilepsy
patients; 11.What are essential pediatric epilepsy clinical diagnoses and
treatment plans?