Fenichel's clinical pediatric neurology : a signs and symptoms approach

Confidently diagnose and manage primary neurologic disorders of childhood with actionable, step-by-step assistance from Fenichel's Clinical Pediatric Neurology! A signs-and-symptoms-based approach - with consideration of each presenting symptom in terms of differential diagnosis and treatment -...

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Main Authors Fenichel, Gerald M., Piña-Garza, J. Eric
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Elsevier/Saunders 2013
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Elsevier Health Sciences
Saunders
Edition7
Subjects
Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis
Pediatric neurology
Pediatric neurology > Diagnosis
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ISBN9781455723768
1455723762

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Table of Contents:
  • CLINICAL FEATURES OF NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE -- PROGRESSIVE PROXIMAL WEAKNESS -- PROGRESSIVE DISTAL WEAKNESS -- ACUTE GENERALIZED WEAKNESS -- PERIODIC PARALYSES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Cramps, Muscle Stiffness, and Exercise Intolerance -- ABNORMAL MUSCLE ACTIVITY -- DECREASED MUSCLE ENERGY -- MYOPATHIC STIFFNESS AND CRAMPS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 - Sensory and Autonomic Disturbances -- SENSORY SYMPTOMS -- PAINFUL LIMB SYNDROMES -- CENTRAL CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY (INDIFFERENCE) TO PAIN -- FORAMEN MAGNUM TUMORS -- HEREDITARY NEUROPATHIES -- SPINAL DISORDERS -- THALAMIC PAIN -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 - Ataxia -- ACUTE AND RECURRENT ATAXIAS -- CHRONIC OR PROGRESSIVE ATAXIA -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 - Hemiplegia -- HEMIPLEGIC CEREBRAL PALSY -- ACUTE HEMIPLEGIA -- CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE HEMIPLEGIA -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 - Paraplegia and Quadriplegia -- APPROACH TO PARAPLEGIA -- SPINAL PARAPLEGIA AND QUADRIPLEGIA -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 - Monoplegia -- APPROACH TO MONOPLEGIA -- SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHIES -- PLEXOPATHIES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 14 - Movement Disorders -- APPROACH TO THE PATIENT -- CHOREA AND ATHETOSIS -- DYSTONIA -- MIRROR MOVEMENTS -- MYOCLONUS -- RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME -- STEREOTYPIES -- TIC AND TOURETTE SYNDROME -- TREMOR -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 - Disorders of Ocular Motility -- NONPARALYTIC STRABISMUS -- OPHTHALMOPLEGIA -- NYSTAGMUS -- ACQUIRED NYSTAGMUS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 - Disorders of the Visual System -- ASSESSMENT OF VISUAL ACUITY -- CONGENITAL BLINDNESS -- ACUTE MONOCULAR OR BINOCULAR BLINDNESS -- PROGRESSIVE LOSS OF VISION -- DISORDERS OF THE PUPIL -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 - Lower Brainstem and Cranial Nerve Dysfunction -- FACIAL WEAKNESS AND DYSPHAGIA -- HEARING IMPAIRMENT AND DEAFNESS -- VERTIGO -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 18 - Disorders of Cranial Volume and Shape -- MEASURING HEAD SIZE
  • Front Cover -- FENICHEL'S CLINICAL PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY - A Signs and Symptoms Approach -- Copyright -- Instructions for online access -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Dedication -- Chapter 1 - Paroxysmal Disorders -- APPROACH TO PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS -- PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS OF NEWBORNS -- PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS IN CHILDREN LESS THAN 2 YEARS OLD -- PAROXYSMAL DISORDERS OF CHILDHOOD -- MANAGING SEIZURES -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 - Altered States of Consciousness -- DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO DELIRIUM -- DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH TO LETHARGY AND COMA -- HYPOXIA AND ISCHEMIA -- BRAIN DEATH -- INFECTIOUS DISORDERS -- ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS -- POSTIMMUNIZATION ENCEPHALOPATHY -- METABOLIC AND SYSTEMIC DISORDERS -- MIGRAINE -- PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS -- TOXIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES -- TRAUMA -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 - Headache -- APPROACH TO HEADACHE -- MIGRAINE -- CLUSTER HEADACHE -- INDOMETHACIN-RESPONSIVE HEADACHE -- CHRONIC LOW-GRADE NON-PROGRESSIVE HEADACHES -- HEADACHES ASSOCIATED WITH DRUGS AND FOODS -- HEADACHE AND SYSTEMIC DISEASE -- PAIN FROM OTHER CRANIAL STRUCTURES -- SEIZURE HEADACHE -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Increased Intracranial Pressure -- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY -- SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS -- MEDICAL TREATMENT -- HYDROCEPHALUS -- BRAIN TUMORS -- INTRACRANIAL ARACHNOID CYSTS -- INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE -- INFECTIOUS DISORDERS -- IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION (PSEUDOTUMOR CEREBRI) -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Psychomotor Retardation and Regression -- DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY -- PROGRESSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHIES WITH ONSET BEFORE AGE 2 -- PROGRESSIVE ENCEPHALOPATHIES WITH ONSET AFTER AGE 2 -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 - The Hypotonic Infant -- THE APPEARANCE OF HYPOTONIA -- APPROACH TO DIAGNOSIS -- CEREBRAL HYPOTONIA -- SPINAL CORD DISORDERS -- MOTOR UNIT DISORDERS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Flaccid Limb Weakness in Childhood
  • MACROCEPHALY -- MICROCEPHALY -- ABNORMAL HEAD SHAPE -- REFERENCES -- Index