Preface
SECTION 1: CLINICAL PRACTICE TRENDS
1: Common Neurologic Complaints and Conditions
2: Managing Common Neurological Disorders: Role of the primary Care Practitioner
3: The Neurologic Examination
4: Neurodiagnostic Tests: Their Indication and Selection
5: Child Neurology Education of Medical Students, Pediatricians and Adult Neurologists
6: The Internet in Child Neurology
7: Excelling at the Art of Medicine
8: A Primer on Practice Management
SECTION 2: THE OFFICE VISIT
HEADACHE
9: Migraine in Childhood and Adolescence
10: Migraine Variants and Mimics
11: Abortive Therapy for Migraine
12: Preventive Therapy for Pediatric Migraine
13: Chronic Daily Headache
14: Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatric Headache
15: Biofeedback for Childhood Migraine
16: Current Pharmacotherapy for Migraine
SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY
17: What is Epilepsy?
18: Febrile Seizures
19: First Unprovoked Seizure
20: Staring Spells
21: Partial Seizures
22: Generalized Seizures
23: First-Choice Antiepileptic Drugs
24: Home Management of Breakthrough Seizures
25: Management of Infantile Spasms (West's Syndrome)
26: Recurrent Seizures
27: Discontinuing Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Childhood Epilepsy
28: Paroxysmal, Nonepileptic Disorders of Childhood
29: The Ketogenic Diet
30: Epilepsy Surgery and Cortical Stimulation
31: Pediatric Epilepsy: Comorbidity and Quality of Life
32: Psychosocial Challenges of Epilepsy in Adolescence
33: Epileptic Encephalopathy
34: Current Pharmacotherapy for Pediatric Seizures and Epilepsy
35: Neurologic Assessment of Behavioral Disorders
NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
36: Clinical Evaluation of ADHD
37: Comorbidity and Symptom Mimicry: Implications for Assessment and Treatment
38: ADHD Psychosocial Intervention: Parent Training and Social Skills Training
39: Treatment of ADHD: Individual Child and Family-Based Therapies
40: The Role of the Pediatric Neurologist in the Management of ADHD
41: Current Pharmacotherapy for ADHDSCHOOL READINESS
42: Is My Child Ready for School?
43: An Introduction to Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluation
44: Speech and Language Development and Disorders
45: Learning Disabilities
46: Developmental Dyspraxia
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
47: Diagnostic Approach to Developmental Delay
48: Children at Risk: Social Disadvantage and Neurodevelopmental Functioning
49: Cerebral Palsy
50: Spastic Paresis
51: Neurodegenerative Disorders
52: Mitochondrial Cytopathies
53: Mental Retardation
54: Down Syndrome
55: Other Chromosomal Disorders
56: Rett Syndrome
57: Inborn Errors of Metabolism
58: Autistic Spectrum Disorders
59: Child Abuse and Neglect: Issues for Neurologists
60: Rehabilitation: The Role of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy
OTHER NEUROLOGICAL COMPLAINTS AND CONDITIONS
61: Small, Large, or Abnormally Shaped Heads
62: Microcephaly-Acquired
63: Sleep Disturbances
64: Breath-Holding Spells
65: Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Infants and Children
66: Bell's Palsy
67: Management of Dizziness in Children
68: Fainting and Syncope
69: Spinal Muscular Atrophy
70: Hereditary Neuropathy
71: Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
72: Muscular Dystrophy and Myopathy
73: Pediatric Neurotransmitter Disorder
74: Ataxia, Clumsiness and Tremor
75: Treatment of Tic Disorders
76: Paroxysmal Movement Disorders
77: Chorea
78: Visual System Problems
79: Childhood Depression
80: Conversion Reaction
81: Neurofibromatoses
82: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
83: Sturge-Weber Syndrome
84: Hypomelanosis of Ito
85: Brainstem and Cerebellar Malformations
86: Acquired Demyelination of the Central Nervous System
SECTION 3. THE HOSPITALIZED CHILD
87: Neurologic Conditions Arising From Tropical and Subtropical Regions
88: Neonatal Seizures
89: Facial Sysmorphism in the Neonate and Infant
90: Status Epilepticus
91: Meningitis and Encephalitis
92: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries in Children
93: Neonatal Hypotonia
94: Congenital Muscular Dystrophies
95: Injury to the Preterm Brain
96: Injury to the Term Brain
97: Birth Brachial Plexus Palsy
98: Altered States of Consciousness
99: Increased Intracranial Pressure
100: Evaluation and Management of Acute Headache
101: Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
102: Pseudotumor Cerebri: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
103: Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations in Pediatric Patients
104: Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms
105: Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
106: Vasculitis
107: Guillain Barré Syndrome
108: Neural Tube Defects and Spinal Dysraphism
109: Neurocognitive Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
110: Pain Management
111: Brain Death in Children
