Title Status epilepticus : mechanisms and management / edited by Claude G. Wasterlain and David M. Treiman

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006 ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 637 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) Contents History and methods -- Cognitive domains -- Developmental and clinical applications Summary "Interest in status epilepticus--the most extreme form of epilepsy, involving continuous seizures--has surged in the last 20 years. Since 1979 there have been over 4,000 publications on the subject, including more than 1,700 in the last five years. No other text provides such a comprehensive review of the recent advances in the field of status epilepticus. The book focuses on the two areas in which progress has been most rapid: basic mechanisms and treatment. There is now a greater understanding of the mechanisms and complications of status epilepticus at the molecular level, which should eventually lead to improved therapy, and treatment strategies today have a greater sense of urgency because of the realization that neuronal apoptosis and necrosis can be triggered very quickly. After an overview of history, classification, and epidemiology, the contributors consider clinical phenomenology, biological markers, pathophysiology, brain damage, epileptogenesis, therapeutic principles, pharmacology, and therapeutic management. Their contributions are equally divided between studies of basic mechanisms in animal models and clinical studies, so that the reader can turn easily from the reductionist experiment that isolates a small component of status to the complex clinical situation in which these principles can translate into therapeutic action. The goal is to provide a scientific rationale for clinical decisions while developing therapeutic attitudes that are firmly grounded in pathophysiology"--MIT CogNet Analysis NEUROSCIENCE/General Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Epilepsy. Convulsions. Epilepsy -- Treatment Convulsions -- Treatment Brain -- Diseases. Central nervous system -- Diseases. Nervous system -- Diseases. Diseases. Status Epilepticus Epilepsy Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Disease Seizures disease. illness. PSYCHOLOGY -- Neuropsychology. Nervous system -- Diseases Diseases Central nervous system -- Diseases Brain -- Diseases Convulsions Convulsions -- Treatment Epilepsy Epilepsy -- Treatment Epilepsie. Behandeling. Form Electronic book Author Wasterlain, Claude G Treiman, David M LC no. 2005058405 ISBN 9780262285834 0262285835 9780262232456 0262232456 1423790278 9781423790273 1282100343 9781282100343 0262307243 9780262307246 9786612100345 6612100346

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