SECTION I Approach to the Child with Epilepsy§1 Epileptic Seizures and Their Classification§2 Networks and Systems in Epileptic Seizures§3 EEGs: When, How, and Why§4 Sources of Error in EEG Interpretation§5 Aims and Rationale of Anatomic Brain Imaging§6 When and Why Perform Functional Brain Imaging: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy§7 The Role of Guidelines in the Management of Childhood Epilepsy§SECTION II Seizures in the Newborn and Infant§8 Benign Neonatal Convulsions§9 Provoked and Nonprovoked Neonatal Seizures§10 Focal Seizures in Infancy§11 Generalized Seizures in Early Childhood (2-4 Years of Age)§12 Neonatal Epilepsies with Suppression-Burst Pattern§13 Benign Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy§14 Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (Dravet Syndrome)§15 Errors of Metabolism in the Neonatal Period§16 Episodes in Neonates, Infants, and Toddlers Mimicking Epilepsy§SECTION III Seizures in Childhood§17 Febrile Seizures§18 Focal Seizures in Early Childhood§19 Focal Seizures in Older Childhood and Adolescence§20 Generalized Seizures in Childhood and Adolescence§21 Childhood Absence Epilepsy and Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy§22 Episodic Events Mimicking Seizures in Childhood and Adolescence§SECTION IV Seizures in Adolescence§23 Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy§24 Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizures on Awakening§SECTION V Epilepsy Syndromes§25 Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)§26 Benign Occipital Epilepsies§27 Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy§28 Infantile Spasms and West Syndrome§29 Lennox-Gastaut and Related Syndromes§30 Acquired Epileptic Aphasia (Landau-Kleffner Syndrome)§31 Reflex Epilepsy§SECTION VI Epilepsy and Neurological Disorders§32 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex§33 Sturge-Weber Syndrome§34 Epilepsy Associated with Chromosomal Disorders§35 Hypothalamic Hamartoma and Gelastic Epilepsy§36 Hemispheric Disorders Associated with Cortical Malformation§37 Rasmussen Syndrome§SECTION VII Status Epilepticus§38 Convulsive Status Epilepticus§39 Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus§SECTION VIII CoMorbid Disorders§40 Cognitive Deficits in Children with Epilepsy§41 Learning Disabilities and ADHD in Children with Epilepsy§42 Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Children with Epilepsy§43 Autism in Children with Epilepsy: Diagnosis and Treatment§44 Treating Epilepsy in the Presence of Sleep Disorders§45 Impact of Comorbidities on Health Outcomes§SECTION IX Medical, Dietar y, and Nursing Treatment§46 Medical and Surgical Treatment of Pediatric Epilepsy§47 Antiepileptic Drugs: How to Choose§48 Antiepileptic Drug Follow-up and Withdrawal§49 Clinical Trials Versus Anecdotal Reports§50 A Practical Guide to AED Pharmacology§51 Teratogenicity of Antiepileptic Drugs§52 Comorbidities of Treatment with Antiepileptic Drugs§53 Ketogenic Diets§54 Nursing Considerations in Epilepsy Treatment§SECTION X Surgical Treatment§55 Surgery for Focal Epilepsy-Why and When?§56 Surgery for Catastrophic Epilepsies: When and Why?§57 Vagus Nerve Stimulation§58 Comorbidities of Surgical Treatment§ ukryj opis