a guide for parents, teachers, and other professionals /
Martin L. Kutscher ; foreword by Gregory L. Holmes.
Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley,
2006.
151 pages ;
25 cm.
JKP essentials
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and indexes.
pt. 1: OVERVIEW OF SEIZURES AND THEIR CARE ; Overview of Seizures ; What to Observe During a Seizure ; What to Do During a Seizure ; Accident Precautions ; Medical Evaluation of Seizures ; To Treat or Not, and When to Stop? ; Treatment with Medications ; Treatment Options other than Medication ; For Kids to Read with Their Parents: What Are Seizures, Anyway? ; Chapter on (and for) Teens with Epilepsy / Marissa A. Broadley and Martin L. Kutscher -- pt. 2: INDIVIDUAL EPILEPSY SYNDROMES ; Introduction to the Epilepsies ; Idiopathic Focal Epilepsies: Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal spikes (BCETCTS) / Marissa A. Broadley and Martin L. Kutscher ; Idiopathic Focal Epilepsies: Childhood Occipital Epilepsies (COE) ; Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies: The Temporal Lobe Epilepsies ; Martin L. Kutscher with Zachary Gottlieb ; Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies: Other Types ; The Generalized Epilepsies: Childhood and Juvenile Absence Epilepsy / Martin L. Kutscher with Eric Kutscher ; The Generalized Epilepsies: Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) / Marissa A. Broadley ; The Generalized Epilepsies: Idiopathic Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures Only ; The Generalized Epilepsies: Infantile Spasms (West Syndrome) ; The Generalized Epilepsies: Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome ; Seizures Not Requiring the Diagnosis of Epilepsy: Febrile Seizures ; The History of Epilepsy: A Timeline / Eric Kutscher.
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Useful for families, friends and carers of children with seizures, this work provides the information they need to approach seizures from a position of strength. It explains the medical concepts and technical terminology, as well as the tests and treatments, including anticonvulsant medication.