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Humana Press Status Epilepticus A Clinical Perspective by Frank W. Drislane
A panel of senior clinicians critically reviews the many forms of status epilepticus (SE), their causes, manifestations, methods of diagnosis, and appropriate treatments. The emphasis is on the disease as encountered by the clinician in the field and the importance of correct recognition and diagnosis. The authors provide for each form of SE the underlying genetic, biological, and developmental background, the pathophysiological processes, as well as the precipitating factors that lead to an episode. For the difficult problem of diagnosing nonconvulsive SE, they offer detailed syndrome classifications, differential diagnoses, descriptions of seizure "imitators," notes on unusual behavioral and cognitive manifestations, and carefully delineated clinical presentations. Additional highlights include striking EEG reproductions that provide classic examples of patients in SE, SE in very young children and neonates, and an analysis of the cellular physiology and processes occurring during SE.show more Part I. General TopicsHistory of Status EpilepticusPeter W. KaplanTypes of Status Epilepticus: Definitions and ClassificationFrank W. DrislaneDifferential Diagnosis of Status Epilepticus: Pseudostatus EpilepticusBarbara A. Dworetzky and Edward B. BromfieldEpidemiology of Status EpilepticusElizabeth J. WaterhouseThe Electroencephalogram in Status EpilepticusSusan T. HermanPart II. Generalized Convulsive and Focal Status EpilepticusGeneralized Convulsive Status Epilepticus: Causes, Clinical Manifestations, and ConsequencesBernard S. ChangFocal Status EpilepticusDonald L. SchomerPart III. Basic ConsiderationsCellular Physiology of Status EpilepticusOmotola Hope and Hal BlumenfeldCellular Damage and the Neuropathology of Status EpilepticusNathan B. FountainPart IV. Nonconvulsive Status EpilepticusClinical Presentations of Nonconvulsive Status EpilepticusPeter W. KaplanCognitive Manifestations of Status Epilepticus: Ictal Aphasia, Amnesia, and PsychosisMichael BenatarNonconvulsive Status Epilepticus: Morbidity and ConsequencesFrank W. DrislanePart V. TreatmentTreatment of Generalized Convulsive Status EpilepticusTina Shih and Carl W. BazilTreatment of Refractory Status EpilepticusTeresa L. Smith and Thomas P. BleckTreatment of Nonconvulsive Status EpilepticusFrank W. DrislanePart VI. Pediatric and Neonatal Status EpilepticusStatus Epilepticus in ChildrenJames J. Riviello, Jr.Status Epilepticus in NeonatesJohn N. Gaitanis and James J. Riviello, Jr.Index