Status Epilepticus Practical Guidelines in Management - Couverture rigide

Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9386322994 ISBN 13 : 9789386322999

Editeur : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, 2017

Synopsis

Status Epilepticus (SE) is a single epileptic seizure lasting more than five minutes or two or more seizures within a five-minute period without the person returning to normal between them. SE is a life-threatening medical emergency particularly if treatment is delayed.

This book is a concise guide to Status Epilepticus for practitioners and trainees.

Beginning with an overview of the condition and the evolution of its definition over the years, the following chapters discuss prehospital management and investigations and monitoring. The remaining sections cover management therapies.

A flow chart and protocols are included to assist management in intensive care units and questions and answers are provided at the end of each chapter to enhance learning.

Key points

• Concise guide to diagnosis and management of Status Epilepticus
• Covers different management therapies
• Includes flow chart and protocols to assist management in intensive care units
• Questions and answers at the end of each chapter enhance learning

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ashalatha Radhakrishnan
Consultant Neurologist and Epileptologist, R. Madhavan Nayar Centre for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9386322994
• ISBN 13: 9789386322999
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 134
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne