Clinical Approach to Pediatric Neurology for Postgraduate Students & Practicing Pediatricians

Jaya Shankar Kaushik MD DNB DM Additional Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, IndiaPiyush Gupta MD FAMS FRCPCH Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, New Delhi, India

• SECTION 1: Neurological Evaluation1. Clinical Neuroanatomy2. Developmental History, Examination, and Analysis3. Examination of Central Nervous System4. Making a Clinical Neurological Diagnosis5. Neuroimaging6. Neurophysiologic Evaluation7. Cerebrospinal Fluid and Tissue Diagnosis8. Genetic Evaluation in Neurological Diseases9. Neural Control of Urinary BladderSECTION 2: Neurological Approach to Diagnosis10. Seizures, Epilepsy, and Other Paroxysmal Disorders11. Approach to a Child with Altered Sensorium and Coma12. Approach to Global Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability13. Approach to a Child with Cerebral Palsy14. Approach to a Child with Developmental Regression15. Approach to Neuromuscular Weakness16. Spectrum Disorder and Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder17. Approach to Diagnosis of Movement Disorders18. Approach to Diagnosis of Ataxia19. Approach to Diagnosis of Headache20. Approach to a Child with Macrocephaly and Microcephaly21. Approach to Neural Tube Defects22. Approach to a Child with Vision Loss23. Approach to a Child with Hearing LossSECTION 3: Residents' Corner: Exam-oriented Cases24. A Case of Cerebral Palsy25. A Case of Tubercular Meningitis26. A Case of Acute Hemiplegia27. A Case of Paraplegia28. A Case of Acute Flaccid Paralysis/Guillain-Barre Syndrome29. A Case of Floppy Infant30. A Case of Muscular Dystrophy31. A Case of Neurodegenerative Disorder32. A Case of HydrocephalusSECTION 4: Common Therapeutic Dilemmas33. Anti-seizure Medications34. Management of Acute Seizure and Status Epilepticus35. Treatment of Infections of Nervous System36. Management of Raised Intracranial Pressure37. Medical Management of Acute Vascular Stroke38. Management of Developmental Disorders39. Treatment of Neuropathies and Myopathies