Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 2090 g
Reihe: Current Clinical Practice
Medical Causes and Management
Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 2090 g
Reihe: Current Clinical Practice
ISBN: 978-0-89603-827-1
Verlag: Humana Press
Seizures are frightening events. They frighten the patients who experience them; they frighten those who witness them; they also frighten many physicians who have to deal with them. Most individuals with seizures present to family physicians or to emergency room physicians. However, despite the fact that seizures are among the most common neurological conditions, most general practitioners, family practice specialists, and intemists do not see large numbers of patients with seizures. Given the apoplectic appearance of generalized tonic clonic convulsions, it is not difficult to understand why they arouse such emotional responses in those that experience them, those that witness them, and those whose care is sought for them. Seizures are symptoms of something wrong with the brain. Many different kinds of perturbations in brain anatomy, chemistry, or physiology can produce seizures. For many individuals, seizures occur in the context of an acute illness and will not recur once that illness is treated. These individuals do not have epilepsy. They have transient disturbances in brain function attributable to systemic medical conditions. It is important to recognize these issues, because, first, the seizure may be the initial, or even only, manifestation of the underlying medical problem and this needs to be recognized.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1 Definitions and Epidemiology.- 2 Pathophysiology of Acute Symptomatic Seizures.- 3 Seizures in Acute Neurological Disorders.- 4 Seizures in Multisystem Disease Affecting the Nervous System.- 5 Seizures and Organ Failure.- 6 Seizures and Electrolyte Imbalance.- 7 Seizures and Endocrine Disorders.- 8 Seizures, Fever, and Systemic Infection.- 9 Medication-Associated Seizures.- 10 Alcohol and Seizures.- 11 Seizures and Illicit Drug Use.- 12 Seizures Attributable to Environmental Toxins.- 13 Seizures in Cancer Patients.- 14 Seizures Associated with Hypoxic—Ischemic Cardiopulmonary Disorders.- 15 Seizures, Hypertension, and Posterior Leukoencephalopathy.- 16 Seizures Following Organ Transplantation.- 17 Seizures and Syncope.- 18 Seizures in the Tropics.- 19 Seizures in the ICU Patient.- 20 Status Epilepticus in the Critically Ill.- 21 Anticonvulsants in Acute Medical Illness.
