This handbook of neurological practice in infants, sponsored by the World Health Organization, is designed to be of practical use to all clinicians, but particularly those in under-resourced locations. Seventy per cent of children with disabilities live in resource-poor countries and most of these children have neurological impairments. This book presents recommendations for investigations and treatments based on internationally accepted good practice that can be implemented in most settings. The book is divided into two parts: Principles and Clinical settings, with the latter taking a symptom-based approach. The contributors have approached their chapters using an accessible, didactic style and consistent organization of material. The emphasis throughout is on clinical methods, the use of appropriate investigations and treatments, and the avoidance of unnecessary or potentially harmful interventions. For quick reference, all chapters feature boxes highlighting key messages, common errors, and when to worry. The book is designed to be carried round and referred to on the job. Readership All those providing care for children with neurological problems, including those in resource-poor settings. This includes paediatric neurologists but also neonatologists, general paediatricians, community paediatricians, specialists in neurodisability, paediatric rehabilitation, epilepsy and paediatric neurology. The book also includes information that would be useful to specialist nurses and final-year medical students.
| ISBN | 1908316357 | | DEWEY | 618.928 | | ISBN13 | 9781908316356
(What's this?) | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | Publisher | Mac Keith Press | | Pages | 374 | | Imprint | Mac Keith Press | | Published in | Cambridge | | Format | Paperback | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | Publication date | 04 May 2012 | |
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Contents PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN INFANCY 1.Terms, definitions and concepts Colin Kennedy (UK) 2. Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement Audrone Prasauskiene (Lithuania) and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde (Netherlands) 3. Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine Andrew Lux (UK) 4. Promoting child development Boika Rechel (UK) and Dainius Puras (Lithuania) 5. Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment Leena Haataja (Finland), Vittorio Belmonti (Italy) and Giovanni Cioni (Italy) 6. Prevention of neurological disease in infants Jane Williams (UK) and Colin Kennedy (UK) 7. Cranial imaging Brigitte Vollmer (UK) 8. Neurophysiological investigations Bernhard Schmitt (Switzerland) and Varsine Jaladyan (Russia) 9. Biochemical and haematological testing Valerie Walker (UK) and Mary Morgan (UK) 10. Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals Imti Choonara (UK) and Peter Baxter (UK) 11. Nonpharmacological treatment Ilona Autti-Ramo (Finland) PART 2: CLINICAL SETTINGS 12. Neonatal encephalopathy Gian Paolo Chiaffoni (Italy) and Daniele Trevisanuto (Italy) 13. Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies Barbara Plecko (Austria) 14. Acute non-febrile encephalopathy Tiina Talvik (Estonia), Fenella Kirkham (UK), Tuuli Metsvaht (Estonia) and Inga Talvik (Estonia) 15. Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and space-occupying lesions Rachel Kneen (UK) and Charles Newton (Kenya) 16. Post-neonatal epileptic seizures Hans Hartmann (Germany) and Helen Cross (UK) 17. Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy John Stephenson (UK) and Alla Nechay (Ukraine) 18. Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus Colin Kennedy (UK) 19. Microcephaly, including congenital infections Richard Chin (UK) and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak (Croatia) 20. The floppy infant Ulrika Aden (Sweden) and Thomas Sejersen (Sweden) 21. Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth Richard Newton (UK), Ilona Autti-Ramo (Finland) and Audrone Prasauskiene (Lithuania) 22. Cerebral palsy Florian Heinen (Germany) and Peter Baxter (UK) 23. CNS disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy Florian Heinen (Germany) and Peter Baxter (UK) 24. Progressive loss of skills Meral Topcu (Turkey), Dilek Yalnyzoglu (Turkey) and Richard Newton (UK) Appendix 1: Growth charts Appendix 2: Essential medicines
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