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This unique title is designed to illustrate and foster how a closer working relationship between pediatricians and subspecialists can make childhood medicine work more seamlessly. Despite the common lack of training for pediatricians in pediatric neurosurgery, they are challenged almost daily with caring for children with neurologic conditions. Common Neurological Conditions in the Pediatric Practice is replete with a wide range of instructional case vignettes and is organized into sections that loosely approximate the neurologic development of a child and address issues that are commonly encountered. The first section reviews neurologic development and birth related trauma commonly seen in the neonatal intensive care unit. The second part addresses findings commonly encountered by a pediatrician in a child's first month of life. The third section is a comprehensive review of hydrocephalus. Part four describes state of the art imaging techniques for the central nervous system in children, from pre-natal ultrasound through MRI and CT; and the fifth part consists of individual explorations of common neurosurgical conditions that many pediatricians are uncomfortable managing, including brain tumors, spasticity, and vascular lesions to use as a reference tool when caring for a complex neurosurgical patient. Finally a series of chapters related to head trauma, including sections on non-accidental trauma and concussion management, completes the text.

Common Neurosurgical Conditions in the Pediatric Practice: Recognition and Management

Section 1: Development of the Brain and Spine1 Normal Development of the Skull and Brain2 The Neurologic Exam in Neonates and ToddlersSection 2: Newborn through Infancy3 Birth Trauma to the Scalp and Skull4 Brachial Plexus Injuries during Birth5 Neonatal Brain Injury 6 Evaluation of Head Shape in the Pediatric Practice:  Plagiocephaly vs. Craniosynostosis7 Neurocutaneous Disorders 8 Cutaneous Markers of Spinal Dysraphism 9 Tethered Cord 10 Lumps and Bumps: Scalp and Skull LesionsSection 3: Hydrocephalus Primer11 Intraventricular Hemorrhage in the Premature Infant12 Neuro-ophthalmic Presentation of Neurosurgical Disease in Children13 Hydrocephalus and Ventriculomegaly14 Neurosurgical Considerations in Macrocephaly15 Evaluation and Classification of Pediatric HeadacheSection 4: Imaging of the Pediatric Brain and Spine16 Prenatal Imaging of the Fetal Brain and Spine17 Prenatal Counseling for Fetal Diagnoses18 Imaging of the Pediatric Brain19 Radiographic Evaluation of Suspected Scoliosis20 Image Gently: Radiation Exposure in ChildrenSection 5: Beyond Hydrocephalus: What Pediatric Neurosurgeons Treat Most21 Chiari Malformation22 Pediatric Brain Tumors23 Pediatric Neurovascular Disease24 Pediatric Seizures25 Approach to Spasticity in the Pediatric Patient26 Assessment and Management of Minor Head Injuries in Toddlers and Adolescents27 Non-Accidental Head Trauma28 A Pediatrician's Guide to Concussion Management29 Pathophysiology and Diagnosis of Concussion