Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Neurologie Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Contributing Authors; Preface; Neurologie Emergencies in Infancy and Childhood Second Edition; Chapter 1. Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage and Hypoxia; Incidence, Timing, and Grading of Hemorrhage; Neuropathologic and Anatomic Features; Pathogenesis and Etiologic Factors; Diagnosis; Short-Term Prognosis,Complications, and Management; Long-Term Prognosis; Prevention; Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Full-Term Infant; Primary Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Subdural Hemorrhage
  • Cerebellar HemorrhageHypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy; References; Chapter 2. Neonatal Seizures; Clinical Features; Electroencephalographic Features; Electroencephalographic Indications; Etiology; Diagnosis; Treatment; Outcome; References; Chapter 3. Infant Apnea, Life-Threatening Events, and Sudden Infant Death; Physiology of Central Respiration; Apnea; Etiology of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; The At-Risk Infant; Evaluation of Infants with Apparent Life-Threatening Episode or Infants Considered at High Risk; Diagnosis and Treatment; Treatment of Apnea or High Risk Infants (3,96); Summary
  • Criteria for Intracranial Pressure MonitoringManagement of Acute Intracranial Hypertension; Management of Chronic Intracranial Hypertension; References; Chapter 6. Central Nervous System Trauma; Features of the Immature Brain; Etiologic Factors; Pathophysiology; Signs and Symptoms of Elevated Intracranial Pressure; Evaluation of the Child with a Head Injury; Criteria for Admission; Treatment of Head Injuries; Specific Types of Head Trauma; Instructions for a Patient Who Has Had a Head Injury; Outcome of Children with Head Injury; References
  • Chapter 7. Diagnosis and Management of Comain ChildrenDefinition of Coma; Pathophysiology of Coma; Specific Diseases Producing Coma; History and Physical Examination; Prinicples of Management; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. Spinal Cord Trauma and Associated Disorders; Epidemiology; Anatomy; Pathophysiology; Incomplete Syndromes; Neurologic Examination; Radiographic Examination; Initial Management; Stabilization; Conclusion; Nontrauma Spinal Cord Dysfunction; Conclusion; References; Chapter 9. Poisoning; General Management; Decontamination