Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology - Principles and Practice 6th Revised Edition

Since 1975, Dr. Kenneth Swaiman's classic text has been the reference of choice for authoritative guidance in pediatric neurology, and the 6th Edition continues this tradition of excellence with thorough revisions that bring you fully up to date with all that's new in the field. Five new sections, 62 new chapters, 4 new editors, and a reconfigured format make this a comprehensive and clearly-written resource for the experienced clinician as well as the physician-in-training.

• Nearly 3,000 line drawings, photographs, tables, and boxes highlight the text, clarify key concepts, and make it easy to find information quickly.
• Expert Consult(TM) eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

• A practical new configuration featuring an expanded electronic version (both online and eBook format) in addition to a one-volume condensed print version.


• New content includes 12 new epilepsy chapters, 5 new cerebrovascular chapters, and 13 new neurooncology chapters, as well as new chapters on neuroimmunology and neuromuscular disorders, as well as chapters focused on clinical care (e.g., Counseling Families, Practice Guidelines, Transitional Care, Personalized Medicine, Special Educational Law, Outcome Measurements, Neurorehabilitation, Impact of Computer Resources, and Training Issues).


• Additional new chapters cover topics related to the developmental connectome, stem cell transplantation, and cellular and animal models of neurological disease.


• Greatly expanded sections to increase your knowledge of perinatal acquired and congenital disorders, neurodevelopmental disabilities, pediatric epilepsy, and nonepileptiform paroxysmal disorders and disorders of sleep.


• Coverage of new, emerging, or controversial topics includes developmental encephalopathies, non-verbal learning disorders, and the pharmacological and future genetic treatment of neurodevelopmental disabilities.

List of contents

PART I
Clinical Evaluation
1 General Aspects of the Patient's Neurologic History
2 Neurologic Examination of the Older Child
3 Neurologic Examination after the Newborn Period Until 2 Years of Age
4 Neurologic Examination of the Term and Preterm Infant
5 Muscular Tone and Gait Disturbances
6 Vision Loss
7 Hearing Impairment
8 Vertigo
9 Taste and Smell
10 Neuropsychological Assessment
PART II
Neurodiagnostic Testing
11 Spinal Fluid Examination
12 Pediatric Neuroimaging
13 Pediatric Neurophysiologic Evaluation
PART III
Emerging Neuroscience Concepts
14 Microstructural and Functional Connectivity in the Developing Brain
15 Stem Cell Transplantation for Childhood Neurologic Disorders
16 Cellular and Animal Models of Neurologic Disease
PART IV
Perinatal Acquired and Congenital Neurologic Disorders
17 Neonatal Neurointensive Care
18 Neonatal Seizures
19 Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in the Term Newborn
20 Cerebrovascular Disorders in the Newborn
21 Neonatal Nervous System Trauma
22 Injury to the Developing Preterm Brain: Intraventricular Hemorrhage and White Matter Injury
Video 22.1 Endoscopic View of Clot at the Foramen of Monro
Video 22.2 Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy in an Infant with Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus
23 Perinatal Metabolic Encephalopathies
PART V
Congenital Structural Defects
24 Overview of Human BrainMalformations
25 Disorders of Neural Tube Development
26 Disorders of Forebrain Development
27 Disorders of Cerebellar and Brainstem Development
28 Disorders of Brain Size
29 Malformations of Cortical Development
30 Hydrocephalus and Arachnoid Cysts
31 Congenital Anomalies of the Skull
32 Developmental Encephalopathies
33 Prenatal Diagnosis of Structural Brain Anomalies
PART VI
Genetic, Metabolic and Neurocutaneous Disorders
34 Neurogenetics in the Genome Era
35 Chromosomes and Chromosomal Abnormalities
36 Approach to the Patient with a Metabolic Disorder
37 Aminoacidemias and Organic Acidemias
38 Inborn Errors of Urea Synthesis
39 Diseases Associated with Primary Abnormalities in Carbohydrate Metabolism
40 Disorders of Glycosylation
41 Lysosomal Storage Diseases
42 Mitochondrial Diseases
43 Peroxisomal Disorders
44 Neurotransmitter-Related Disorders
45 Phakomatoses and Allied Conditions
46 Disorders of Vitamin Metabolism
47 Nutrition and the Developing Brain
48 The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Disorders
49 Channelopathies
PART VII
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
50 Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Conceptual Framework
51 Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability
52 Cognitive and Motor Regression
53 Developmental Language Disorders
54 Nonverbal Learning Disabilities and Associated Disorders
55 Dyslexia
56 Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder
57 Autistic Spectrum Disorders
58 Management of Common Comorbidities Associated with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
59 Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
60 Neuropsychopharmacology
PART VIII
Epilepsy
61 Overview of Seizures and Epilepsy in Children
62 Principles of Management and Outcome
63 Neurophysiology of Seizures and Epilepsy
64 Epilepsy Genetics
65 Febrile Seizures
66 Generalized Seizures
67 Focal and Multifocal Seizures
68 Epileptic Spasms and Myoclonic Seizures
69 Status Epilepticus
70 Electroclinical Syndromes: Neonatal Onset
71 Electroclinical Syndromes: Infantile Onset
72 Electroclinical Syndromes: Childhood Onset
73 Electroclinical Syndromes: Adolescent Onset
Video 73.1 Focal Seizure with Dyscognitive Features
74 Focal Structural Epilepsy
75 Other Acquired Epilepsies: Trauma, Stroke, Tumors
76 Inherited Metabolic Epilepsies
77 Antiseizure Drug Therapy in Children
78 Epilepsy Surg

About the author

Stephen Ashwal, MD, is Distinguished Professor and former Chief of the Division of Child Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He is a graduate of New York University School of Medicine (1966-1970) and completed his residency training programs in Pediatrics (Bellevue Hospital, 1970-1973) and in Child Neurology (University of Minnesota, 1973-1976). His research activities have focused on critical care issues in child neurology related to brain death, the vegetative and minimally conscious states, bacterial meningitis, and near drowning; the role of nitric oxide in focal cerebral ischemia; development of animal models of neonatal stroke and the use of proton spectroscopy for outcome prediction after acute CNS injuries. Dr. Ashwal has been a member of the Child Neurology Society since 1975 and served as chair of the Scientific Selection, Ethics, Archives and Practice Committee, Councilor from the West, Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, and President (2001-2003). He edited The Founders of Child Neurology, published on behalf of the Society in 1990, which is a history of the field of child neurology and its major contributors. He served as co-chair (representing the CNS) on the Multi-Society Task Force on the Persistent Vegetative State. He has been active in the development of practice guidelines related to child neurology and served as a member of the Guidelines Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology that is responsible for development of guidelines dealing with issues related to the evaluation of children with autism, cerebral palsy, developmental delay, headaches and status epilepticus. With Dr. Kenneth Swaiman and other co-editors, he has served as co-editor of one of the main textbooks in the field of child neurology, Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology: Principles & Practice.Phillip L. Pearl, MD, is Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology and William G. Lennox Chair in the Department of Neurology at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pearl, originally from Baltimore, attended Johns Hopkins University, Peabody Conservatory of Music, and University of Maryland School of Medicine. He took his residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Pearl has published over 210 manuscripts and over 100 chapters and reviews, and he has authored or edited five books in the field of child neurology, two of which have been translated into Chinese and Japanese. He is also on the faculty of the Music and Health Institute of the Berklee College of Music in Boston. His major research interest is inherited metabolic epilepsies. Dr. Pearl is Past President of the Professors of Child Neurology and former President of the Child Neurology Society.

Report

"We would recommend that this book should be available in all Pediatrics wards ... this vade mecum will be a present help in time of trouble when clinical decisions are difficult in the management of neurological disorders in childhood. It is highly recommended."
"It is a delightful presentation of fundamentals that a student of pediatric neurology needs to know before they start"
Reviewed by: Neel Kamal on behalf of BACCH Newsletter

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Ashwal, Ashwal Stephen, Donna M Ferriero, Et al, Donna Ferriero, Donna M Ferriero, Donna M. Ferriero, Richard Finkel, Richard S Finkel, Richard S. Finkel, Finkel Richard S., Andrea Gropman, Andrea L Gropman, Andrea L. Gropman, Gropman Andrea L., Nina F Schor, Phillip (Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Pearl, Phillip L Pearl, Phillip L (Director of Epilepsy and Clinical Neurophysiology Pearl, Phillip L. Pearl, Pearl Phillip L., Phillip L Pearl, Nina Schor, Nina F Schor, Nina F. Schor, Michael Shevell, Michael (Chair Shevell, Shevell Michael, Kenneth Swaiman, Kenneth F. Swaiman, Swaiman Kenneth F.
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2017
• EAN: 9780323371018
• ISBN: 978-0-323-37101-8
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 285 mm x 67 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Pediatrics, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Paediatric medicine