Understanding Epilepsy: A Study Guide for the Boards

✍ Scribed by Vibhangini S. Wasade (editor), Marianna V. Spanaki (editor)

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 502
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Written by experts in the field, this book offers an up-to-date and systematic approach to understanding epilepsy. It focuses on advanced tools and therapies in diagnosis and management, and comprehensively yet simply covers the content of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certification. Five sections comprise the main text: mechanisms, classification, EEG technical concepts, diagnostic tools, and management. Pathophysiology and pathology of epilepsies are covered, as well as classification of seizures and epilepsies, electro-clinical syndromes, non-epileptic spells, and status epilepticus. Contributors also discuss diagnostic tools such as scalp and intracranial EEG, neuroimaging, and neuropsychological tests, in addition to the management of epilepsy and associated concerns, including anti-seizure drugs, surgical and stimulation therapies, gender issues, comorbidities, and psychosocial aspects. Tables, high-quality pathology, radiology and clinical images, and EEG illustrations aid readers in understanding content. A valuable book for medical trainees, neurologists, neurosurgeons, nurses and EEG technologists, and essential certification preparation.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Understanding Epilepsy:

A Study Guide for the Boards
Dedication
Contents
Contributors
Preface
1 Pathophysiology of Epilepsy
2 Physiologic Basis of Epileptic
EEG Patterns
3 Pathology of the Epilepsies
4 Classifications of Seizures
and Epilepsies
5 Electro-clinical Syndromes and
Epilepsies in the Neonatal Period,
Infancy, and Childhood
6 Familial Electro-clinical
Syndromes and Epilepsies in
Adolescence to Adulthood
7 Distinctive Constellations and
Other Epilepsies
8 Seizures Not Diagnosed
as Epilepsy
9 Nonepileptic Spells
10 Status Epilepticus
11 EEG Instrumentation and Basics
12 Interpreting the Normal
Electroencephalogram of an Adult
13 Ictal and Interictal Epileptiform
Electroencephalogram Patterns
14 Neonatal and Pediatric
Electroencephalogram
15 Scalp Video-EEG Monitoring
16 Intracranial EEG Monitoring
17 Neuroimaging in Epilepsy
18 The Role of Neuropsychology
in Epilepsy Surgery
19 Principles of Antiseizure Drug
Management
20 Gender Issues in Epilepsy
21 Antiseizure Drugs
22 Surgical Therapies for Epilepsy
23 Stimulation Therapies for Epilepsy
24 Practical and Psychosocial
Considerations in Epilepsy
Management
25 Comorbidities with Epilepsy
26 System-Based Issues in Epilepsy
Index