Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice

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**Selected for 2025 Doody?€™s Core Titles® in Pediatrics and with "Essential Purchase" designation in Neurology**

For fifty years, experienced clinicians and physicians in training have relied on Swaiman?€™s cornerstone text as their #1 source for authoritative guidance in pediatric neurology. Swaiman's Pediatric Neurology: Principles and Practice, 7th Edition, continues this tradition of excellence under the expert editorial direction of Drs. Stephen Ashwal and Phillip L. Pearl, along with a team of key leaders in the field who serve as associate and section editors in their areas of expertise. Thorough revisions?€”including new chapters, new videos, new editors, and expanded content?€”bring you up to date with this dynamic field.

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• Contains new sections on global child neurology and environment and brain development and a greatly expanded section on neurogenetics, in addition to new chapters on autoimmune epilepsies, immune-mediated movement disorders, and more

• Offers expanded online content, including additional figures, tables, and text, as well as new personal introductory videos by many chapter authors

• Covers new, emerging, or controversial topics such as COVID-19, teleneurology, environment and brain development, immune-mediated disorders of the nervous system, functional neurological disorders in children, nonverbal learning disorders, and the pharmacological and future genetic treatment of neurodevelopmental disabilities

• Provides authoritative coverage of perinatal acquired and congenital disorders, neurodevelopmental disabilities, extensive sections on pediatric epilepsy and movement disorders, nonepileptiform paroxysmal disorders, and disorders of sleep

• Features nearly 3,000 line drawings, photographs, tables, and boxes that highlight the text, clarify key concepts, and make it easy to find information quickly

• An digital version is included with purchase. The digital allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Table Of Contents:

Part I: Clinical Evaluation

1. General Aspects of the Patient?€™s Neurologic History

2. Neurologic Examination of the Older Child

3. Neurologic Examination of Young Children (Age 1?€“5 Years)

4. Neurologic Examination of Infants (Age 0?€“1 Year)

5. Motor Signs

6. Vision Loss

7. Hearing Impairment

8. Vertigo

9. Taste and Smell

10. Neuropsychological Assessment in Children

Part II: Care of the Child With Neurologic Disorders

11. Counseling Children With Neurological Disorders and Their Families

12. Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Medicine

13. Pediatric Palliative Care, Pain, and Symptom Management

14. Practical Bioethics in Child Neurology

15. Transitional Care for Children With Neurologic Disorders

16. Practice Guidelines in Pediatric Neurology

17. Measurement of Health Outcomes in Pediatric Neurologic Disorders

18. Computer Resources, Artificial Intelligence, and Telemedicine

19. Education and Training of Child Neurologists and Workforce Issues

Part III: Neurodiagnostic Testing

20. Spinal Fluid Examination

21. Pediatric Neuroimaging

22. Pediatric Neurophysiologic Evaluation

Part IV: Global Child Neurology

23. Regional Implications for Brain Health in Children

24. Implementing Child Neurology Care in Resource-Limited Settings

25. Adaptation and Implementation of Guidelines at the Local Level

Part V: Neonatal Neurology

26. Neonatal-Neuro Intensive Care

27. Provoked Neonatal Seizures and Neonatal Onset Epilepsy

28. Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury in the Term Newborn

29. Cerebrovascular Disorders in the Newborn

30. Neonatal Nervous System Trauma

31. Injury to the Developing Preterm Brain: Intraventricular Hemorrhage and White Matter Injury

32. Perinatal Metabolic Encephalopathies

Part VI: Environment and Brain Development

33. The Neural Exposome and Environmental Neuroscience

34. Adverse Childhood Experiences

35. The Neurological Impact of Prenatal Substance Exposure

36. Environmental Pollutants

37. Malnutrition, Nutrition, and Dietary Toxins

38. Poisoning and Drug-Induced Neurologic Diseases

Part VII: Congenital Structural Defects

39. Overview of Disorders of Brain Development

40. Disorders of Neural Tube Development

41. Disorders of Forebrain Development

42. Disorders of Cerebellar and Brainstem Development

43. Disorders of Brain Size

44. Malformations of Cortical Development

45. Hydrocephalus and Arachnoid Cysts

46. Congenital Anomalies of the Skull

47. Prenatal Diagnosis of Structural Brain Anomalies

Part VIII: Neurogenetics

48. Neurogenetics in the Genomic Era

49. Genetic Counseling in the Genomic Era

50. Chromosomal Abnormalities and CNVs

51. Single Gene Abnormalities

52. Neurocutaneous Disorders

53. Emerging Gene-Based Pathways: Channelopathies (Epilepsy and Beyond)

54. Emerging Gene-Based Pathways: mTORopathies

55. Emerging Gene-Based Pathways: RASopathies

56. Emerging Gene-Based Pathways: Chromatin Remodeling Disorders

57. Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses

Part IX: Metabolic Disorders

58. Diagnostic Approach to the Patient With Metabolic Disorders

59. Amino Acidemias and Organic Acidemias

60. Urea Cycle Disorders

61. Diseases Associated With Primary Abnormalities in Carbohydrate Metabolism

62. Disorders of Glycosylation

63. Lysosomal Storage Diseases

64. Mitochondrial Diseases

65. Peroxisomal Disorders

66. Neurotransmitter-Related Disorders

67. Disorders of Vitamin Metabolism

Part X: Neurodevelopmental Disorders

68. Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Conceptual Framework

69. Intellectual Developmental Disorder and Global Developmental Delay

70. Regressive and Degenerative Genetic Neurological Disorders

71. Developmental Encephalopthies

72. Developmental Language Disorders

73. Nonverbal Learning Disorders

74. Dyslexia

75. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

76. Autistic Spectrum Disorders

77. Cerebral Palsy

78. Developmental Coordination Disorder

79. Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

80. Neuropsychopharmacology

Part XI: Epilepsy

81. Overview of Seizures and Epilepsy in Children

82. Principles of Management and Outcome

83. Pathophysiology of Seizures and Epilepsy

84. Epilepsy Genetics

85. Febrile Seizures

86. Generalized Seizures

87. Focal and Multifocal Seizures

88. Myoclonic Seizures

89. Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome

90. Status Epilepticus

91. Electroclinical Syndromes: Neonatal Onset

92. Electroclinical Syndromes: Infantile Onset

93. Electroclinical Syndromes: Childhood Onset

94. Electroclinical Syndromes: Adolescent Onset

95. Focal Structural Epilepsy

96. Acquired Epilepsies: Trauma, Stroke, and Tumors

97. Inherited Metabolic Epilepsies

98. Anti-seizure Medication Therapy in Children

99. Epilepsy Surgery in the Pediatric Population

100. Neuromodulation in Epilepsy

101. Ketogenic Diets

102. Behavioral, Cognitive, and Social Implications of Childhood Epilepsy

103. Mortality and Epilepsy

Part XII: Nonepileptiform Paroxysmal Disorders

104. Headache in Children and Adolescents

105. Breath-Holding Spells and Reflex Anoxic Seizures

106. Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures and Psychiatric Disorders

107. Functional Neurological Disorders in Children

108. Syncope and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome

109. Brief Resolved Unexplained Event, Apparent Life-Threatening Event, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Part XIII: Disorders of Sleep

110. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder

111. Nocturnal Paroxysmal Disorders

112. Disorders of Excessive Sleepiness

Part XIV: Disorders of Balance and Movement

113. The Cerebellum and the Hereditary Ataxias

114. Pediatric Movement Disorders: An Overview

115. Paroxysmal Dyskinesias

116. Movement Disorders of Infancy

117. Drug-Induced Movement Disorders

118. Tics and Tourette Syndrome

Part XV: White Matter Disorders

119. Genetic and Metabolic Disorders of the White Matter

120. Acquired Disorders affecting the White Matter

Part XVI: Brain Injury and Disorders of Consciousness

121. Impairment of Consciousness and Coma

122. Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

123. Abusive Head Trauma

124. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Infants and Older Children

125. Disorders of Intracranial Pressure

126. Spinal Cord Injury

127. Determination of Brain Death/Death by Neurologic Criteria in Infants and Children

Part XVII: Cerebrovascular Disease in Children

128. Arterial Ischemic Stroke in Infants and Children

129. Sinovenous Thrombosis

130. Vascular Malformations and Intracerebral Hemorrhage

131. Cerebral Arteriopathies

132. Coagulation Disorders and Cerebrovascular Disease

Part XVIII: Infection of the Nervous System

133. Bacterial Infections of the Nervous System

134. Viral Infections of the Nervous System

135. Fungal, Rickettsial, and Parasitic Diseases of the Nervous System

136. Neurologic Complications of Immunization

Part XIX: Immune Medited Disorders of the Nervous System

137. Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Neuroimmunological Disorders

138. Autoimmune Encephalitis

139. Autoimmune Epilepsies

140. Sydenham?€™s Chorea, Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated With Streptococcus (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS)

141. Immune-Mediated Cerebellar Disorders

142. Neurorheumatology

Part XX: Pediatric Neurooncology

143. Pediatric Neuro-oncology: An Overview

144. Medulloblastoma

145. Other Embryonal and Pineal Malignancies of the Central Nervous System

146. Ependymoma

147. Pediatric-Type Diffuse High-Grade Glioma

148. Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma

149. Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma and Diffuse Midline Glioma

150. Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors

151. Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors

152. Craniopharyngiomas, Meningiomas, and Schwannomas

153. Pediatric Intradural Spinal Cord Tumors

154. System Cancers and the Central Nervous System Involvement

155. Neurologic Sequelae of Therapy

Part XXI: Neuromuscular Disorders

156. Muscle and Nerve Development in Health and Disease

157. Diagnostic Testing in Children With Suspected Neuromuscular Disorders

158. Clinical Assessment of the Child With Suspected Neuromuscular Disorders

159. The Floppy Infant

160. Classic Proximal Spinal Muscular Atrophy

161. Acquired Disorders Affecting the Motor Neuron

162. Genetic Peripheral Neuropathies

163. Acquired Peripheral Neuropathies

164. Inflammatory Neuropathies

165. Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes

166. Acquired Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction

167. Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophy

168. Congenital, Limb Girdle, and other Muscular Dystrophies

169. Congenital Myopathies

170. Metabolic Myopathies

171. Inflammatory Myopathies

172. Channelopathies: Myotonic Disorders and Periodic Paralysis

173. Multidisciplinary Management of Children With Neuromuscular Conditions

Part XXII: Systemic and Autonomic Nervous System Diseases

174. Endocrine Disorders of the Hypothalamus and Pituitary in Childhood and Adolescence

175. Autonomic Nervous System Disorders

176. Disorders of Micturition and Defecation

177. Neurologic Disorders in Children with Heart Disease

178. Neurologic Disorders Associated with Renal Diseases

179. Neurologic Manifestations and Disorders Associated With Gastrointestinal Diseases