ABSTRACT

This book is a comprehensive guide to the medical treatment of epilepsy and written for physicians in practice and those in training who take care of patients with seizures. It presents a review of every aspect of treatment that are considered prior to referring a patient for evaluation.

part I|112 pages

General Principles

chapter 2|12 pages

When to Treat Seizures

chapter 3|16 pages

Pharmacologic Principles

chapter 4|8 pages

Fundamentals of Drug Therapy

part II|82 pages

Treatment Overview

chapter 12|12 pages

Neonatal Seizures

chapter 13|6 pages

Infantile Spasms

chapter 14|12 pages

Febrile Seizures

chapter 15|18 pages

Generalized Epilepsies

chapter 16|12 pages

Partial Seizures

chapter 18|12 pages

Status Epilepticus

part III|28 pages

Treatment of Nonepileptic Events Presenting as Seizures

chapter 19|8 pages

Psychogenic Nonepileptic Events

chapter 20|6 pages

Syncope

chapter 21|8 pages

Parasomnias

chapter 22|4 pages

Paroxysmal Dyskinesias

part IV|34 pages

When to Consider a Surgical Evaluation

part V|186 pages

Antiepileptic Drugs

chapter 27|6 pages

Ethosuximide

chapter 28|14 pages

Valproate

chapter 29|14 pages

Phenytoin

chapter 30|14 pages

Carbamazepine

chapter 31|6 pages

Oxcarbazepine

chapter 32|6 pages

Vigabatrin

chapter 33|10 pages

Clobazam

chapter 34|6 pages

Clonazepam and Nitrazepam

chapter 35|6 pages

Clorazepate Dipotassium

chapter 36|4 pages

Diazepam

chapter 38|4 pages

Lorazepam

chapter 39|6 pages

Phenobarbital

chapter 40|8 pages

Mephobarbital

chapter 41|8 pages

Primidone

chapter 42|6 pages

Methsuximide

chapter 43|4 pages

Phensuximide

chapter 44|4 pages

Phenacemide

chapter 45|6 pages

Progabide

chapter 46|6 pages

Mephenytoin

chapter 47|4 pages

Ethotoin

chapter 48|10 pages

Acetazolamide

chapter 49|4 pages

Sulthiame

chapter 50|6 pages

Zonisamide

chapter 52|4 pages

Bromides

chapter 53|6 pages

Other Antiepileptic Drugs

part VI|40 pages

Other Treatments

part VII|8 pages

Drugs for Myoclonus

chapter 59|2 pages

Piracetam

part VIII|162 pages

Special Problems

chapter 62|8 pages

Psychological Testing

chapter 64|6 pages

Activities of Daily Living

chapter 65|2 pages

The Role of the Counselor

chapter 67|16 pages

Medical Patients with Epilepsy

chapter 70|10 pages

Reproductive Endocrine Disorders

chapter 71|10 pages

Pregnancy

part IX|32 pages

Investigational Treatments

part X|28 pages

Legal and Regulatory Issues

chapter 80|6 pages

Malpractice

chapter 81|6 pages

Employment Discrimination