- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Antenatal care, obstetrics, and fetal medicine
- Chapter 2 Management at birth and routine postnatal care
- Chapter 3 Problems on the postnatal ward
- Chapter 4 Admission, discharge, and outcome
- Chapter 5 Fluids and electrolytes
- Chapter 6 Nutrition
- Chapter 7 Respiratory problems
- Chapter 8 Respiratory support
- Chapter 9 Cardiovascular problems
- Chapter 10 Gastrointestinal problems
- Chapter 11 Neurological problems
- Chapter 12 Infection
- Chapter 13 Metabolic problems and jaundice
- Chapter 14 Haematological problems
- Chapter 15 Nephrological and urological problems
- Chapter 16 Endocrinology
- Chapter 17 Iatrogenic problems
- Chapter 18 Neonatal transport
- Chapter 19 Family support, consent, and end of life care
- Chapter 20 Practical procedures
- Chapter 21 Normal values, therapeutic drug levels, and useful formulae
- Index
(p. 275) Neurological problems
- Chapter:
- (p. 275) Neurological problems
- Author(s):
Grenville Fox
, Nicholas Hoque
, and Timothy Watts
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198703952.003.0011
This chapter includes sections on the neurological examination of the newborn, and the approach to investigation of babies with reduced muscle tone, neonatal encephalopathy, seizures, congenital malformation of the brain, and other common neurological problems in term and preterm babies. There are also detailed sections on various modalities of neuroimaging, electroencephalography, and other neurological investigations.
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Antenatal care, obstetrics, and fetal medicine
- Chapter 2 Management at birth and routine postnatal care
- Chapter 3 Problems on the postnatal ward
- Chapter 4 Admission, discharge, and outcome
- Chapter 5 Fluids and electrolytes
- Chapter 6 Nutrition
- Chapter 7 Respiratory problems
- Chapter 8 Respiratory support
- Chapter 9 Cardiovascular problems
- Chapter 10 Gastrointestinal problems
- Chapter 11 Neurological problems
- Chapter 12 Infection
- Chapter 13 Metabolic problems and jaundice
- Chapter 14 Haematological problems
- Chapter 15 Nephrological and urological problems
- Chapter 16 Endocrinology
- Chapter 17 Iatrogenic problems
- Chapter 18 Neonatal transport
- Chapter 19 Family support, consent, and end of life care
- Chapter 20 Practical procedures
- Chapter 21 Normal values, therapeutic drug levels, and useful formulae
- Index