Publisher's Synopsis
- This premier reference provides comprehensive, current information on routine
disorders such as a variety of meningitis, mental retardation, craniosynostosis, Japanese
encephalitis, pain relief in children, RICP, CNS tumors, congenital malformation of the
brain, cerebral palsy, coma, febrile seizures, neurometabolic disorders and scores of
other maladies and neurologic conditions encountered in the emergency room. Also
they have discussed issues to distinguish serious from non-serious conditions, what to
do if a child does not respond to discuss medication, and how to discuss medication
and how to discuss such concerns with parents.
- The use of radiological tools and techniques like sonography, CT, MRI, ECG etc is
elaborately explained in neonates and early infancy for neuroimaging.
- Sonogrpahy is painless, involves no radiation exposure or contrast requirement and is
a bedside modality.
