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Principles and practice of child neurology in infancy /

The first 1000 days of life from gestation are critical to the healthy development of a child and it is in this period that the foundations of neurological function are established. This book presents recommendations for clinical investigations and treatments based on internationally accepted good p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kennedy, Colin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : MacKeith Press, 2012.
Colección:1st.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Terms, definitions and concepts / Colin Kennedy
  • Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement / Audrone Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde
  • Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine / Andrew L. Lux
  • Promoting child development / Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras
  • Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment / Leena Haataja, Vittorio Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni
  • Prevention of neurological disease in infants / Jane Williams and Colin Kennedy
  • Cranial imaging / Brigitte Vollmer
  • Neurophysiological investigations / Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan
  • Biochemical and haematological testing
  • Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan
  • Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals / Imti Choonara and Peter Baxter
  • Nonpharmacological treatment / Ilona Autti-Rämö
  • Neonatal encephalopathy / Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto
  • Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies / Barbara Plecko
  • Acute non-febrile encephalopathy / Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli Metsvaht and Inga Talvik
  • Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and infective space-occupying lesions / Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton
  • Post-neonatal epileptic seizures / Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross
  • Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy / John B.P. Stephenson and Alla Nechay
  • Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus / Colin Kennedy
  • Microcephaly, including congenital infections / Richard Chin and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak
  • The floppy infant / Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen
  • Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth / Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene
  • Cerebral palsy / Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter
  • Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy / Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen
  • Progressive loss of skills / Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard Newton.