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Chapter-06 Neurology

BOOK TITLE: Partha’s Management Algorithms in Pediatric and Adolescent Practice

Author
1. Pandian K
2. Kesavan Shivan
ISBN
9789352703838
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14142_7
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
8
Author Affiliations
1. Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital (KKCTH), and KP Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Chennai, India, KP Hospitals, Adambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, KP Hospitals, KanchiKamakoti Childs Trust Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, KP Hospital, St. Thomas Mount, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2. Mehta Multispecialty Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Chapter keywords
Neurology, international league against epilepsy, ILAE, status epilepticus, SE, central nervous system, SPS, simple partial seizure, arteriovenous malformation, magnetic resonance imaging

Abstract

The objective of this chapter is to introduce the neurology. This chapter is divided into four parts, which include an approach to headache, acute encephalopathy, seizure disorder, and approach to status epilepticus in children. The International league against epilepsy (ILAE) defines status epilepticus (SE) as “a seizure that shows no clinical signs of arresting after a duration encompassing the great majority of seizures of that type in most patients or recurrent seizures without interictal resumption of baseline central nervous system function”.

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