Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Book Cover
book
BookBook
Author Freeman, John Mark.

Title Seizures and epilepsy in childhood : a guide / John M. Freeman, Eileen P.G. Vining, Diana J. Pillas.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  618.9285 FREEMAN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  618.9285 F87    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  618.92853 F855S    Check Shelf
Edition Third edition.
Description xxvii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series A Johns Hopkins Press health book
Johns Hopkins Press health book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents How the brain works: understanding seizures and why there are so many types -- The kinds of seizure and where they arise in the brain -- How we diagnose a seizure and decide what it will mean for your child -- How we evaluate and think about a first seizure -- Decision making: assessing risks and benefits after a nonfebrile seizure -- What to do during a second big seizure -- Understanding your child's test: EEG, CT, and MRI -- The epilepsies of childhood: special patterns and causes -- Medical treatment of seizures -- Status epilepticus: a medical emergency -- The outlook for the child with seizures -- The ketogenic diet -- Vitamins, minerals, and complementary and alternative therapies for epilepsy -- Surgical approaches to epilepsy -- Coping with seizures and epilepsy -- Coping with the uncertainties of seizures and epilepsy: the power of positive thinking -- Coping with substantial handicap: mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and difficult-to-control seizures -- Epilepsy as a psychosocial disease -- Counseling: a dialogue -- School: learning and behavior -- Routine medical care and epilepsy -- Sports and epilepsy -- Driving and epilepsy -- Marriage, pregnancy, and children -- Support services and additional information for people with epilespy and their families -- Insurance and other financial issues.
Subject Epilepsy in children -- Popular works.
Convulsions in children -- Popular works.
Health education -- Popular works.
Epilepsy -- Popular Works.
Child.
Infant.
Seizures -- Popular Works.
Added Author Vining, Eileen P. G., 1946-
Pillas, Diana J., 1940-
ISBN 080187050X alkaline paper
0801870518 paperback alkaline paper
-->
Add a Review