Opis: The Treatment of Epilepsy

The Treatment of Epilepsy, fourth edition, is a comprehensive reference and clinical guide to the pharmacological, medical and surgical options available in the treatment of epilepsy. * The text is compiled by a group of internationally renowned editors and contributors and is now in full color and extensively illustrated * The first two sections cover the background to, and principles of, treatment in different clinical situations * Section three comprises a series of systematic reviews of contemporary drug therapy, devoting one chapter to each anti-epileptic drug and covering all clinically-relevant aspects * Section four focuses on the surgical options, devoting individual chapters to each of the modalities of presurgical assessment and to each surgical operation or approach * This 4th edition is extensively revised incorporating the many recent developments in therapy, and comprises 81 chapters from world experts from 18 countriesList of Contributors Preface to the Fourth Edition Historical Introduction: The Drug Treatment of Epilepsy From 1857 to 2015 Simon Shorvon Section 1 Introduction (Lead editor: Simon Shorvon) 1 Classification, aetiology, and investigation of epilepsy Simon Shorvon 2 Differential Diagnosis of Epilepsy Mark Cook 3 Epileptogenesis and its prevention Giuliano Avanzini, Silvana Franceschetti 4 Antiepileptic Drug Discovery H. Steve White, Melissa Barker-Haliski 5 Antiepileptic drug development Dieter Schmidt 6 Mechanisms of Antiepileptic Drug Action Matthew C. Walker, Rainer Surges 7 Mechanisms of Tolerance and Drug Resistance Wolfgang Loscher, Dieter Schmidt 8 Epilepsy Biomarkers Asla Pitkanen, Jerome Engel Jr Section 2 - Principles of Medical Management (Lead Ed: Simon Shorvon) 9 General Principles of Medical Management Emilio Perucca 10 Pharmacokinetic optimisation of therapy Svein Johannessen, Cecilie Johannessen-Landmark, Emilio Perucca 11 Clinical approaches to management of adult epilepsy Simon Shorvon 12 Management of Epilepsy in Remission Patrick Kwan, Howan Leung, Xiaoting Hao 13 Management of Epilepsy in the first year of life Elissa G. Yozawitz, Solomon L. Moshe 14 Management of Childhood Epilepsy Syndromes and epilepsy in specific diseases of childhood Colin D. Ferrie 15 Management of epilepsy in people with learning disabilities Eylert Brodtkorb 16 Management of Epilepsy in the Elderly Hiba Arif, Lawrence J Hirsch 17 Emergency Treatment of Seizures and Status Epilepticus Matthew C. Walker, Simon Shorvon 18 Management of medical co-morbidies associated with epilepsy Gagandeep Singh 19 Management of psychiatric co-morbidities associated with epilepsy Brent Elliott, Simon Shorvon 20 Prevention and Management of Side-effects of Antiepileptic Drugs Gaetano Zaccara, Piero Perucca 21 Ketogenic and related diets Eric H. Kossoff, Courtney A. Haney 22 Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Epilepsy Sallie A. Baxendale 23 Reproductive Aspects of Epilepsy Treatment Torbjorn Tomson 24 Genetic Counselling in Epilepsy Federico Zara 25 Drug Interactions Edoardo Spina, Domenico Italiano 26 Medical Treatment of Epilepsy in Situations with Limited Resources Patrick Adjei Section 3 - Antiepileptic Drugs (Lead editor: Emilio Perucca) 27 Introduction to the Choice of Antiepileptic Drugs Emilio Perucca 28 Acetazolamide Miri Y. Neufeld 29 Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Corticosteroids Federico Vigevano, Maria Roberta Cilio 30 Benzodiazepines used in epilepsy Eugen Trinka, Francesco Brigo 31 Brivaracetam Joseph D'Souza, Emilio Perucca 32 Carbamazepine Torbjorn Tomson 33 Eslicarbazepine Acetate Meir Bialer, Christian Elger 34 Ethosuximide Tracy A. Glauser, Emilio Perucca 35 Felbamate Ilo E. Leppik, James R. White 36 Gabapentin Ernest R. Somerville, Andrew W. Michell, Arjune Sen 37 Lacosamide Rajesh Sachdeo, Roopal Karia 38 Lamotrigine Fumisuke Matsuo, Awais Riaz 39 Levetiracetam Jacqueline A. French, Derek Chong 40 Oxcarbazepine Edward Faught Jnr., Hyunmi Kim 41 Perampanel Martin J. Brodie 42 Phenobarbital, Primidone and Other Barbiturates Roberto Michelucci, Elena Pasini 43 Phenytoin Mervyn J. Eadie 44 Piracetam Simon Shorvon 45 Pregabalin Philippe Ryvlin 46 Retigabine Michel Baulac 47 Rufinamide Victor Biton 48 Stiripentol Tapani Keranen 49 Tiagabine Reetta Kalviainen 50 Topiramate J. Helen Cross, Catherine J. Riney 51 Valproate Anthony G. Marson, Graeme J. Sills 52 Vigabatrin Gunter Kramer, Gabriele Ch. Wohlrab 53 Zonisamide Michel Baulac 54 Other Drugs Rarely Used Martin Holtkamp 55 Drugs in Clinical Development H. Steve White, Norman Delanty Section 4 Presurgical Assessment and Epilepsy Surgery (Lead editor: Jerome Engel Jr) 56 Overview of Surgical Treatment for Epilepsy Jerome Engel Jr 57 Scalp EEG in the Epilepsy Surgery Evaluation John M. Stern, Christine B. Baca 58 Invasive EEG in Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy Dennis Spencer, Adithya Sivaraju 59 MEG in epilepsy surgery evaluation Hermann Stefan, Paul Boon 60 MRI in the Presurgical Evaluation Christian E. Elger, Bernd Weber 61 PET and SPECT in Presurgical Evaluation of Epilepsy Karolien Goffin, Wim Van Paesschen 62 Special Neurophysiological Techniques Francois Mauguiere, Julien Jung 63 Neuropsychological Testing in Presurgical Evaluation Marilyn Jones-Gotman, Gail L. Risse 64 Presurgical Psychiatric Evaluation Andres M. Kanner 65 Mesial Temporal Lobe Surgery and Other Lobar Resections Itzhak Fried, James W. Leiphart 66 Resective Surgery of Neoplasms Gregory D. Cascino, Nicholas M. Wetjen 67 Resective Surgery of Vascular and Infective Lesions for Epilepsy Christopher E Uff, Neil D Kitchen 68 Surgery of Developmental Anomalies Causing Epilepsy Ahyuda Oh, Joshua J. Chern, Youssef G. Comair 69 Hemispheric operations for Epilepsy Georg Dorfmuller, Christine Bulteau, Olivier Delalande 70 Corpus Callosotomy David W. Roberts 71 Hypothalamic Hamartoma John F. Kerrigan 72 Multiple subpial transection Adriana Bermeo-Ovalle,Michael C. Smith 73 Awake Surgery for Epilepsy Webster H. Pilcher 74 Epilepsy Surgery in Children Jason S. Hauptman, Gary W. Mathern 75 Complications of Epilepsy Surgery Charles E. Polkey 76 Anaesthesia for Epilepsy Surgery Barbara M. Van de Wiele 77 Vagal Nerve Stimulation Steven C. Schachter 78 Brain Stimulation for Epilepsy Gregory K. Bergey, Robert S. Fisher 79 Non-Resective Approaches for Medically Intractable Epilepsy Thomas J. Gianaris, Andrea G. Scherer,Nicholas M. Barbaro 80 Future focal treatments for epilepsy Hannah Cock, Laura Mantoan Ritter 81 Epilepsy Surgery in Countries with Limited Resources Andre Palmini, Kurupath Radhakrishnan Index

Szczegóły: The Treatment of Epilepsy

Tytuł: The Treatment of Epilepsy
Producent: John Wiley
ISBN: 9781118937006
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 1072
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 2.82 kg

Recenzje: The Treatment of Epilepsy