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Disorders of the spinal cord in children / edited by Michael Pike.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Clinics in developmental medicinePublication details: London : Mac Keith Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781908316844
  • 1908316845
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Disorders of the Spinal Cord in Children.DDC classification:
  • 617.56 23
LOC classification:
  • RD768
Online resources:
Contents:
""CONTENTS""; ""AUTHORS� APPOINTMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""1: THE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPINAL CORD DISORDERS""; ""History of present illness""; ""Clinical examination""; ""Important paediatric scenarios with myelopathy""; ""Summary""; ""2: IMAGING THE CORD""; ""Imaging techniques""; ""Spinal ultrasound""; ""Spinal MRI""; ""Summary""; ""3: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINAL CORD""; ""Introduction""; ""Evaluation of sensory function""; ""Clinical use of SEPs""; ""Neurophysiological evaluation of spinal motor function: the anterior horn cell""
Evaluation of corticospinal motor pathways: motor evoked potentials and centralmotor conduction timeSummary -- 4: SPINAL CORD MALFORMATIONS -- Classifications -- Embryology (Afonso and Catala 2003) -- Open dysraphism: MMC -- Occult dysraphism -- Caudal regression syndromes -- Summary -- 5: SPINAL CORD ABSCESS, HAEMORRHAGE, AND TRAUMA -- Spinal cord abscess -- Spinal cord haemorrhage -- Spinal cord trauma in the paediatric population -- 6: TUMOURS OF THE SPINE IN CHILDREN -- Introduction -- Intradural intramedullary tumours
Intradural extramedullary tumoursExtradural tumours -- Management of spinal tumours -- Summary -- 7: INFLAMMATORY, METABOLIC, VASCULAR, AND DEMYELINATING DISORDERS -- Acute transverse myelitis -- NMO -- Multiple sclerosis -- Radiation myelitis -- Tropical spastic paraparesis and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy -- Human immunodeficiency virus and myelopathy -- Spinal cord ischaemia -- Neurodegenerative, metabolic, and nutritional disorders affecting the spinal cord -- 8: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION
Rehabilitation: general paediatric and adolescent issuesMotor rehabilitation -- Home modifications -- Sensation -- Respiratory complications -- Autonomic disturbances -- Orthopaedic complications -- Spasticity -- Wellness/fitness -- Psychosocial issues -- Scenario 1 -- Scenario 2 -- Summary -- 9: PROSPECTS FOR SPINAL CORD REPAIR -- Targeting the acute injury phase -- Targeting post-acute events -- Concluding remarks -- COLOUR PLATE SECTION -- INDEX -- Advert
Summary: Covering the range of pediatric spinal cord disease, its clinical assessment, appropriate investigation, its medical and neurosurgical management and neuro-rehabilitation.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

""CONTENTS""; ""AUTHORS� APPOINTMENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""PREFACE""; ""1: THE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPINAL CORD DISORDERS""; ""History of present illness""; ""Clinical examination""; ""Important paediatric scenarios with myelopathy""; ""Summary""; ""2: IMAGING THE CORD""; ""Imaging techniques""; ""Spinal ultrasound""; ""Spinal MRI""; ""Summary""; ""3: CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF THE SPINAL CORD""; ""Introduction""; ""Evaluation of sensory function""; ""Clinical use of SEPs""; ""Neurophysiological evaluation of spinal motor function: the anterior horn cell""

Evaluation of corticospinal motor pathways: motor evoked potentials and centralmotor conduction timeSummary -- 4: SPINAL CORD MALFORMATIONS -- Classifications -- Embryology (Afonso and Catala 2003) -- Open dysraphism: MMC -- Occult dysraphism -- Caudal regression syndromes -- Summary -- 5: SPINAL CORD ABSCESS, HAEMORRHAGE, AND TRAUMA -- Spinal cord abscess -- Spinal cord haemorrhage -- Spinal cord trauma in the paediatric population -- 6: TUMOURS OF THE SPINE IN CHILDREN -- Introduction -- Intradural intramedullary tumours

Intradural extramedullary tumoursExtradural tumours -- Management of spinal tumours -- Summary -- 7: INFLAMMATORY, METABOLIC, VASCULAR, AND DEMYELINATING DISORDERS -- Acute transverse myelitis -- NMO -- Multiple sclerosis -- Radiation myelitis -- Tropical spastic paraparesis and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy -- Human immunodeficiency virus and myelopathy -- Spinal cord ischaemia -- Neurodegenerative, metabolic, and nutritional disorders affecting the spinal cord -- 8: SPECIFIC ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT AND REHABILITATION

Rehabilitation: general paediatric and adolescent issuesMotor rehabilitation -- Home modifications -- Sensation -- Respiratory complications -- Autonomic disturbances -- Orthopaedic complications -- Spasticity -- Wellness/fitness -- Psychosocial issues -- Scenario 1 -- Scenario 2 -- Summary -- 9: PROSPECTS FOR SPINAL CORD REPAIR -- Targeting the acute injury phase -- Targeting post-acute events -- Concluding remarks -- COLOUR PLATE SECTION -- INDEX -- Advert

Covering the range of pediatric spinal cord disease, its clinical assessment, appropriate investigation, its medical and neurosurgical management and neuro-rehabilitation.

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