Table of Contents

Preface

SECTION 1: CLINICAL PRACTICE TRENDS
1: Common Neurologic Complaints and Conditions
2: Managing Common Neurological Disorders: Role of the primary Care Practitioner
3: The Neurologic Examination
4: Neurodiagnostic Tests: Their Indication and Selection
5: Child Neurology Education of Medical Students, Pediatricians and Adult Neurologists
6: The Internet in Child Neurology
7: Excelling at the Art of Medicine
8: A Primer on Practice Management

SECTION 2: THE OFFICE VISIT
HEADACHE
9: Migraine in Childhood and Adolescence
10: Migraine Variants and Mimics
11: Abortive Therapy for Migraine
12: Preventive Therapy for Pediatric Migraine
13: Chronic Daily Headache
14: Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatric Headache
15: Biofeedback for Childhood Migraine
16: Current Pharmacotherapy for Migraine

SEIZURES AND EPILEPSY
17: What is Epilepsy?
18: Febrile Seizures
19: First Unprovoked Seizure
20: Staring Spells
21: Partial Seizures
22: Generalized Seizures
23: First-Choice Antiepileptic Drugs
24: Home Management of Breakthrough Seizures
25: Management of Infantile Spasms (West’s Syndrome)
26: Recurrent Seizures
27: Discontinuing Anti-Epileptic Drugs in Childhood Epilepsy
28: Paroxysmal, Nonepileptic Disorders of Childhood
29: The Ketogenic Diet
30: Epilepsy Surgery and Cortical Stimulation
31: Pediatric Epilepsy: Comorbidity and Quality of Life
32: Psychosocial Challenges of Epilepsy in Adolescence
33: Epileptic Encephalopathy
34: Current Pharmacotherapy for Pediatric Seizures and Epilepsy
35: Neurologic Assessment of Behavioral Disorders

NEUROBEHAVIORAL DISORDERS
36: Clinical Evaluation of ADHD
37: Comorbidity and Symptom Mimicry: Implications for Assessment and Treatment
38: ADHD Psychosocial Intervention: Parent Training and Social Skills Training
39: Treatment of ADHD: Individual Child and Family-Based Therapies
40: The Role of the Pediatric Neurologist in the Management of ADHD
41: Current Pharmacotherapy for ADHDSCHOOL READINESS
42: Is My Child Ready for School?
43: An Introduction to Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluation
44: Speech and Language Development and Disorders
45: Learning Disabilities
46: Developmental Dyspraxia

DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
47: Diagnostic Approach to Developmental Delay
48: Children at Risk: Social Disadvantage and Neurodevelopmental Functioning
49: Cerebral Palsy
50: Spastic Paresis
51: Neurodegenerative Disorders
52: Mitochondrial Cytopathies
53: Mental Retardation
54: Down Syndrome
55: Other Chromosomal Disorders
56: Rett Syndrome
57: Inborn Errors of Metabolism
58: Autistic Spectrum Disorders
59: Child Abuse and Neglect: Issues for Neurologists
60: Rehabilitation: The Role of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy

OTHER NEUROLOGICAL COMPLAINTS AND CONDITIONS
61: Small, Large, or Abnormally Shaped Heads
62: Microcephaly-Acquired
63: Sleep Disturbances
64: Breath-Holding Spells
65: Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in Infants and Children
66: Bell’s Palsy
67: Management of Dizziness in Children
68: Fainting and Syncope
69: Spinal Muscular Atrophy
70: Hereditary Neuropathy
71: Neuromuscular Junction Disorders
72: Muscular Dystrophy and Myopathy
73: Pediatric Neurotransmitter Disorder
74: Ataxia, Clumsiness and Tremor
75: Treatment of Tic Disorders
76: Paroxysmal Movement Disorders
77: Chorea
78: Visual System Problems
79: Childhood Depression
80: Conversion Reaction
81: Neurofibromatoses
82: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
83: Sturge-Weber Syndrome
84: Hypomelanosis of Ito
85: Brainstem and Cerebellar Malformations
86: Acquired Demyelination of the Central Nervous System

SECTION 3. THE HOSPITALIZED CHILD
87: Neurologic Conditions Arising From Tropical and Subtropical Regions
88: Neonatal Seizures
89: Facial Sysmorphism in the Neonate and Infant
90: Status Epilepticus
91: Meningitis and Encephalitis
92: Traumatic Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries in Children
93: Neonatal Hypotonia
94: Congenital Muscular Dystrophies
95: Injury to the Preterm Brain
96: Injury to the Term Brain
97: Birth Brachial Plexus Palsy
98: Altered States of Consciousness
99: Increased Intracranial Pressure
100: Evaluation and Management of Acute Headache
101: Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
102: Pseudotumor Cerebri: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
103: Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations in Pediatric Patients
104: Pediatric Intracranial Aneurysms
105: Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
106: Vasculitis
107: Guillain Barré Syndrome
108: Neural Tube Defects and Spinal Dysraphism
109: Neurocognitive Complications of Sickle Cell Disease
110: Pain Management
111: Brain Death in Children

About the Author

Bernard L. Maria, MD, MBA Executive Director of the Charles P. Darby Children's Research Institute Jeffrey Edwin Gilliam Chair and Professor of Pediatrics Neurology and Neuroscience Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC