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Seizures

Medical Causes and Management

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Norman Delanty

    1. Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Definitions and Epidemiology

    • Norman Delanty
    Pages 1-5

  3. Pathophysiology of Acute Symptomatic Seizures

    • Carl J. Vaughan, Norman Delanty
    Pages 7-23

  4. Seizures in Acute Neurological Disorders

    • Peter B. Crino
    Pages 25-47

  5. Seizures in Multisystem Disease Affecting the Nervous System

    • Joerg-Patrick Stübgen
    Pages 49-70

  6. Seizures and Organ Failure

    • Jane Boggs
    Pages 71-83

  7. Seizures and Electrolyte Imbalance

    • Alvaro R. Gutierrez, Jack E. Riggs
    Pages 85-106

  8. Seizures and Endocrine Disorders

    • Cormac A. O’Donovan, Ramel A. Carlos
    Pages 107-119

  9. Seizures, Fever, and Systemic Infection

    • Kevin Murphy, Henry Fraimow
    Pages 121-146

  10. Medication-Associated Seizures

    • Paul A. Garcia, Brian K. Alldredge
    Pages 147-165

  11. Alcohol and Seizures

    • Gail D’Onofrio, Andrew S. Ulrich, Niels K. Rathlev
    Pages 167-182

  12. Seizures and Illicit Drug Use

    • John C. M. Brust
    Pages 183-192

  13. Seizures Attributable to Environmental Toxins

    • Fernando Cendes
    Pages 193-206

  14. Seizures in Cancer Patients

    • Myrna R. Rosenfeld, Josep Dalmau
    Pages 207-232

  15. Seizures Associated with Hypoxic-Ischemic Cardiopulmonary Disorders

    • Muredach Reilly
    Pages 233-249

  16. Seizures, Hypertension, and Posterior Leukoencephalopathy

    • Norman Delanty, Carl J. Vaughan
    Pages 251-260

  17. Seizures Following Organ Transplantation

    • Jane Boggs
    Pages 261-269

  18. Seizures and Syncope

    • Suneet Mittal, Bruce B. Lerman
    Pages 271-283

  19. Seizures in the Tropics

    • Nimal Senanayake
    Pages 285-308

  20. Seizures in the ICU Patient

    • Michael M. Frucht, Thomas P. Bleck
    Pages 309-318
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About this book

Seizures are frightening events. They frighten the patients who experience them; they frighten those who witness them; they also frighten many physicians who have to deal with them. Most individuals with seizures present to family physicians or to emergency room physicians. However, despite the fact that seizures are among the most common neurological conditions, most general practitioners, family practice specialists, and intemists do not see large numbers of patients with seizures. Given the apoplectic appearance of generalized tonic clonic convulsions, it is not difficult to understand why they arouse such emotional responses in those that experience them, those that witness them, and those whose care is sought for them. Seizures are symptoms of something wrong with the brain. Many different kinds of perturbations in brain anatomy, chemistry, or physiology can produce seizures. For many individuals, seizures occur in the context of an acute illness and will not recur once that illness is treated. These individuals do not have epilepsy. They have transient disturbances in brain function attributable to systemic medical conditions. It is important to recognize these issues, because, first, the seizure may be the initial, or even only, manifestation of the underlying medical problem and this needs to be recognized.

Reviews

Foreword by Marc Dichter, MD, PhD, Director, Penn Epilepsy Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

"Seizures are big events in the life of an individual. Seizures have big consequences. Seizures deserve big treatment. Norman Delanty has recognized this and with this book has filled a significant hole in our medical literature." -Marc A. Dichter, MD

"This book focuses on the circumstances under which seizures develop in any given condition, how to recognize this potential life-threatening complication, and how to effectively treat it within the context of that disease. As such it is destined to become a "must have" book for almost anyone practicing medicine-in the office or in the hospital-regardless of one's specialty or the mix of patient's in one's practice. Seizures are big events in the life of an individual. Seizures have big consequences. Seizures deserve big treatment. Norman Delanty has recognized this and with this book has filled a significant hole in our medical literature." -Marc A. Dichter, MD

"This book covers the most common clinical aspects of seizures encountered in many diseases. The different symptoms and signs and management of different medical diseases are illustrated thoroughly and this well organized book makes it easy to locate the information readers need. Seizures indeed are scary events in the life of individual patient. The medical causes of seizures are very common. There are not many books that integrate all this information together. In this sense it is mandatory to have such a book as this one. Physicians in many medical specialties will benefit from this book." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal, Weighted Numerical Score: 90 - 4 Stars!

"...general physicians, neurologists, and those working in the accident and emergency department, and this book, which is both readable and comprehensively referenced, will be of interest to all these groups."-Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

    Norman Delanty

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Seizures

  • Book Subtitle: Medical Causes and Management

  • Editors: Norman Delanty

  • Series Title: Current Clinical Practice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-094-0

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-827-1Published: 27 November 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-61737-207-0Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-59259-094-0Published: 27 November 2001

  • Series ISSN: 2364-1150

  • Series E-ISSN: 2364-1169

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 368

  • Topics: Neurology

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