Edition |
Third edition. |
Description |
xxvii, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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A Johns Hopkins Press health book |
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Johns Hopkins Press health book.
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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.
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Convulsions in children -- Popular works.
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Health education -- Popular works.
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Epilepsy -- Popular Works.
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Child.
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Infant.
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Seizures -- Popular Works.
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Added Author |
Vining, Eileen P. G., 1946-
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Pillas, Diana J., 1940-
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ISBN |
080187050X alkaline paper |
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0801870518 paperback alkaline paper |
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