The Evaluation of Pediatric Sleep Disorders
5 The Evaluation of Pediatric Sleep Disorders Deborah C. Lin-Dyken, MD Mark Eric Dyken, MD Sleep is a major component of a child’s life. About half of early childhood is…
Pediatric Febrile Seizures
2 Pediatric Febrile Seizures Charuta N. Joshi, MBBS, FRCPC Thoru Yamada, MD, FACNS In this chapter, we discuss the basics of febrile seizures and the controversies pertaining to them and…
Clinical Neurophysiology: Future Role in Pediatric Neurologic Disorders
15 Clinical Neurophysiology: Future Role in Pediatric Neurologic Disorders Aatif M. Husain, MD Clinical neurophysiology (CNP) offers a unique method of analyzing the nervous system. Though the anatomy can be…
Intraoperative Considerations in the Pediatric Patient
11 Intraoperative Considerations in the Pediatric Patient Gloria M. Galloway, MD, FAAN CNS MYELINATION The value of neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring (NIOM) in reducing the risk of injury to neural structures…
Clinical Neurophysiology in Pediatric Peripheral Neuropathy
9 Clinical Neurophysiology in Pediatric Peripheral Neuropathy Gloria M. Galloway, MD, FAAN This chapter provides descriptions of the electrophysiology involved in a variety of inherited and acquired peripheral neuropathies in…
EMG Considerations in the Pediatric Patient
8 EMG Considerations in the Pediatric Patient Gloria M. Galloway, MD, FAAN FEAR AND DISCOMFORT Performing electrodiagnostic procedures in pediatric patients can be challenging in part because the test can…
Language and Communication Factors to Consider When Supporting People with FASD Involved with the Legal System
Fig. 1 Neuropsychological domains As a model, Fig. 1 is rather static, and fails to capture the dynamic and interactive nature of human communication. A better model for our purposes is that…
Interventions in Management of Offenders with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)
FASD rates among offenders Authors Study Rates (%) Rojas and Gretton (2007) File review 230 youths (13–18) 10.9 Murphy and Chittenden ‘07 Survey 137 youth (14–19) 11.7 Fast et al….
Did not Take on This Job of Parent in Order to Raise Criminals
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Monty Nelson and Marguerite Trussler (eds.)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal PerspectivesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine6310.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_18 I Did not Take on This…
Challenges of Raising an FASD Child in Canada
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Monty Nelson and Marguerite Trussler (eds.)Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders in Adults: Ethical and Legal PerspectivesInternational Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine6310.1007/978-3-319-20866-4_17 The Challenges of Raising an FASD…
