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Author:   Colin Kennedy
Publisher:   Mac Keith Press
Imprint:   Mac Keith Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.726kg
ISBN:  

9781908316356

ISBN 10:   1908316357
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   16 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781911612001
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART 1: PRINCIPLES OF CHILD NEUROLOGY IN INFANCY 1 Terms, definitions and concepts -  Colin Kennedy 2 Interprofessional working: user and carer involvement  - Audrone Prasauskiene and Maryze Schoneveld van der Linde 3 Clinical epidemiology and evidence-based medicine  - Andrew L. Lux 4 Promoting child development - Boika Rechel and Dainius Puras 5 Neurological and neurodevelopmental assessment - Leena Haataja, Vittorio Belmonti and Giovanni Cioni 6 Prevention of neurological disease in infants - Jane Williams and Colin Kennedy 7 Cranial imaging - Brigitte Vollmer 8 Neurophysiological investigations - Bernhard Schmitt and Varsine Jaladyan 9 Biochemical and haematological testing - Valerie Walker and Mary Morgan 10 Drug treatments: drugs, vitamins and minerals - Imti Choonara and Peter Baxter 11 Nonpharmacological treatment - Ilona Autti-Rämö PART 2: PRACTICE CLINICAL SETTINGS 12 Neonatal encephalopathy - Gian Paolo Chiaffoni and Daniele Trevisanuto 13 Neonatal seizures, including metabolic epileptic encephalopathies - Barbara Plecko 14 Acute non-febrile encephalopathy - Tiina Talvik, Fenella Kirkham, Tuuli Metsvaht and Inga Talvik 15 Acute neurological illness with fever: meningitis, encephalitis and infective space-occupying lesions - Rachel Kneen and Charles Newton 16 Post-neonatal epileptic seizures - Hans Hartmann and J. Helen Cross 17 Non-epileptic paroxysmal disorders in infancy - John B.P. Stephenson and Alla Nechay 18 Macrocephaly, including hydrocephalus - Colin Kennedy 19 Microcephaly, including congenital infections - Richard Chin and Vlatka Mejaski-Bosnjak 20 The floppy infant - Ulrika Ådén and Thomas Sejersen 21 Early developmental impairment and neurological abnormalities at birth - Richard W. Newton, Ilona Autti-Rämö and Audrone Prasauskiene 22 Cerebral palsy - Florian Heinen and Peter Baxter 23 Central nervous system disorders of movement other than cerebral palsy - Peter Baxter and Florian Heinen 24 Progressive loss of skills - Meral Topcu, Dilek Yalnýzoglu and Richard Newton Appendix 1: Growth charts

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Colin Kennedy is Professor of Neurology and Paediatrics at the University of Southampton and a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, and principal investigator on several long term funded studies, including those requiring national or international collaboration. He is a former president of the European Paediatric Neurology Society and the British Paediatric Neurology Association, and a past convenor of the European Committee of National Advisers in Paediatric Neurology. He has a particular interest in the care of children with neurological problems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

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