Publisher's Synopsis
Neurological problems in children account for around one-third of the paediatrician's workload. This book presents a clear approach to the investigation and diagnosis of neurological illness through clinical observation and offers guidance on subsequent management. The presentation of children with neurological illness is usually in a well defined pattern. The book presents details on pattern recognition, offering a rational approach to the diagnostic method and subsequent management.;The authors present a fresh approach to diagnosis with the emphasis on recognition of well-defined patterns of movement, which can be more easily assimilated by the non-specialist. A unique feature is the importance given to counselling skills which, together with an entire chapter on clinical examination, offers real benefit in the paediatric clinical setting. A subsequent chapter is devoted to the child with special needs - again addressing particular problems and offering sound advice and clinical insight into how to deal with them. Headache, infections, encephalopathy, neuromuscular disorders, tumours, developmental anomalies, hydrocephalus, epilepsy - these are some of the conditions discussed and illustrated. A final chapter on procedures and applications in neuroradiology illustrates the latest techniques and how they are used to establish or confirm the diagnosis.;Throughout, the authors provide the core information which paediatricians need to make correct diagnoses and manage the case successfully.;This atlas has been produced by a group of paediatric neurologists and consultants in paediatrics, neurosurgery and neuroradiology, who between them, represent a wide-ranging experience which will be reflected in the depth of coverage.
