Description
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Status Epilepticus: Practical Guidelines In Management by Ashalatha Radhakrishnan
The book contains 10 chapters and management protocols, contributed by 14 authors. Chapter 1 lucidly describes the progressive evolution of definition of status epilepticus, especially with reference to the time or duration. Chapters 2 to 5 touch open prehospital management, investigations, monitoring protocols and management guidelines in status epilepticus. Chapter 6 describes about anesthetic agents in status epilepticus. Chapter 7, on refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus, describes current approaches to treatment and reviews various aspects of prognosis. Chapters 9 and 10 on the ‘role of newer drugs’, and ‘altering the management strategies in persons with other comorbidities’ are also well compiled. Chapter 10, on nonconvulsive status epilepticus, needs special mention, since the author has supplemented the EEG tracings to it, for crispness and clarity. The book is capped at the end by the editor herself with a detailed but simplified algorithm, for diagnosing and managing status epilepticus.
Key Features
• Lucid compilation of all available literature on this subject, conforming to the latest evidence-based guidelines.
• Emphasis has been placed on diagnosis, investigations, management and prognosis.
• Includes a set of questions ‘Test Yourself’ and best suited answers at the end of each chapter.
• Reliable quick reference manual for medical practitioners and intensivists, when confronted with this medical emergency.
• This medical book is a handy compendium of all updated information pertaining to the approach and management of status epilepticus.