Status Epilepticus Practical Guidelines in Management - Hardcover

Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha

 
9789386322999: Status Epilepticus Practical Guidelines in Management
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9386322994 ISBN 13: 9789386322999
Publisher: 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

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About the Author

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

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Publisher
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9386322994
ISBN 13 
9789386322999
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
134