Clinical neurophysiology in pediatrics : a practical approach to neurodiagnostic testing and management / editor, Gloria M. Galloway, MD, FAAN, Professor, Department of Neurology, Neuromuscular Division, Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Share Clinical Neurophysiology in Pediatrics: A Practical Approach to Neurodiagnostic Testing and Management; Chapter 1: EEG Monitoring in Neonatal Epilepsies; Neonatal EEG Background; Background Patterns; Excessive Sharps; Excessive Discontinuity; Brief Ictal/Interictal Rhythmic/Repetitive Discharges; Depressed/Undifferentiated or Low Voltage; Seizure Detection; Subclinical Seizures; Neonatal Seizure Semiology; Role of Amplitude-Integrated EEG; Transient or "Benign" Neonatal Seizures; Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.

Benign Familial Neonatal ConvulsionsStroke; Hypoglycemia and Other Reversible Causes; Catastrophic Epileptic Encephalopathies; Ohtahara Syndrome; Early Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy; Malignant Migrating Partial Seizures of Infancy; Other Epilepsy Syndromes Presenting in Neonates; Metabolic Epilepsies; References; Chapter 2: Pediatric Febrile Seizures; Etiology; Should Children with Febrile Seizures be Vaccinated? Do Vaccinations Cause Febrile Seizures?; Evaluation of Febrile Seizures; Febrile Status Epilepticus; Prognosis of Febrile Seizures; Management of Simple and Complex Febrile Seizures.

Febrile Seizures as the Presenting Feature of Other EpilepsiesFEBSTAT Study; Controversy: Do Febrile Seizures Cause Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?; References; Chapter 3: Epileptic and Nonepileptic Paroxysmal Events in Childhood; Events with Motor Manifestations as the Main Clinical Feature; Benign Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus; Jitteriness; Benign Myoclonus of Early Infancy; Shuddering Attacks; Stereotypies; Tics; Paroxysmal Dyskinesias; Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures; Sandiffer Syndrome; Hyperekplexia; Self-Gratification Disorder; Events with Sensory Manifestations as the Main Clinical Feature.

MigrainePanic Attacks; Hallucinations; Events Associated with Changes in the Level of Consciousness or Alertness as the Main Clinical Feature; Staring Events; Breath-Holding Spells; Syncope; Narcolepsy/Cataplexy; Sleep-Related Events; References; Chapter 4: EEG Interpretation in Childhood Epilepsies; Paroxysmal Discharges and Seizure Diagnosis; The Epilepsies; Localized (Focal) Epilepsies and Syndromes; Generalized Epilepsies; Symptomatic Generalized, Multifocal Seizures or Syndromes; References; Chapter 5: The Evaluation of Pediatric Sleep Disorders; History; Physical Examination.

PolysomnographySpecific Sleep Disorders; Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders; Obstructive Sleep Apnea; Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence; Narcolepsy; Parasomnias; NREM-Related Parasomnias; REM-Related Parasomnias; Sleep-Related Movement Disorders; Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep; Sleep-Related Bruxism; Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder; Sleep-Related Medical and Neurological Disorders; Sleep-Related Epilepsy; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: Pediatric Muscular Dystrophies and Myopathies: The Role of Neurophysiology, Genetics, and Ancillary Testing.

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