| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 374 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
1st |
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1st
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| Contents |
Terms, definitions and concepts / Colin Kennedy -- Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement / Audrone Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde -- Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine / Andrew L. Lux -- Promoting child development / Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras -- Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment / Leena Haataja, Vittorio Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni -- Prevention of neurological disease in infants / Jane Williams and Colin Kennedy -- Cranial imaging / Brigitte Vollmer -- Neurophysiological investigations / Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan -- Biochemical and haematological testing -- Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan -- Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals / Imti Choonara and Peter Baxter -- Nonpharmacological treatment / Ilona Autti-Rämö -- Neonatal encephalopathy / Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto -- Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies / Barbara Plecko -- Acute non-febrile encephalopathy / Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli Metsvaht and Inga Talvik -- Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and infective space-occupying lesions / Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton -- Post-neonatal epileptic seizures / Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross -- Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy / John B.P. Stephenson and Alla Nechay -- Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus / Colin Kennedy -- Microcephaly, including congenital infections / Richard Chin and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak -- The floppy infant / Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen -- Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth / Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene -- Cerebral palsy / Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter -- Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy / Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen -- Progressive loss of skills / Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard Newton |
| Summary |
The first 1000 days of life from gestation are critical to the healthy development of a child and it is in this period that the foundations of neurological function are established. This book presents recommendations for clinical investigations and treatments based on internationally accepted good practice |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pediatric neurology.
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Infants.
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Nervous system -- Diseases.
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Infant
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Nervous System Diseases
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infants.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
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MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
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Pediatric neurology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kennedy, Colin
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| ISBN |
9781908316363 |
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1908316365 |
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