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24 Cards in this Set
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WHICH ETHINICITY IS OVERLY SENSITIVE TO ANTISEIZURE MEDICATIONS
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ASIAN AMERICANS AND ARABS
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ORDER OF MEDICATIONS PREFERRED FOR SEIZURE TREATMENT
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VALIUM
ATIVAN FOLLOWED UP WITH DILANTIN |
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TYPES OF SEIZURES
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1 GRAND MAL, OR GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC
2 ABSENCE 3 MYOCLONIC 4 TONIC 5 CLONIC 6 ATONIC |
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GRAND MAL CHARACTERISTICS
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LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS
CONVULSIVE MUSCLE RIGITY BIG BAD |
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ABSCENCE
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USUALLY OCCURS IN KIDS BRIEF LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS OR AWARENESS OF SURROUNDINGS
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MYCLONIC
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SPORADIC JERKING MOVEMENTS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP AND YOU FEEL THAT JERK AWAKE
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CLONIC
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REPETITIVE JERKING MOVEMENTS
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TONIC
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MUSCLE STIFFNESS AND RIGIDITY
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ATONIC
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LOSS OF MUSCLE TONE
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FEBRILE SEIZURES
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NORMALLY OCCUR IN CHILDREN WITH HIGH FEVER
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WHAT 5 THINGS ARE ASSESSED DURING A SEIZURE
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1 DESCRIPTION OF SEIZURE 2. LENGTH OF SEIZURE 3. SEIZURE FREQUENCY 4 AURA ASSOCIATED WITH SEIZURE 5 SECRIPTION OF DEGREE OF IMPAIRMENT DURING AND AFTER SEIZURE
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WHAT IS THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR PARTIAL SEIZURES
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TEGRATOL
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WHAT IS THE CHOICE METHOD FOR TRYING DRUG THERAPY FOR SEIZURE MEDICATIONS
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TRY MONOTHERAPY ONE AND THEN THE OTHER BEFORE COMBINING PATIENT MORE LIKELY TO ADHERE TO MONO THERAPY BECAUSE OF EASE AND COST
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WHAT PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN WITH PTS WITH TUBE FEEDINS BEFORE ADMINISTERING DILANTIN
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STOP TUBE FEEDING FOR 2 HOURS BEFORE AND 2 HOURS AFTER
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tHERAPEUTIC DILANTIN PHENYTOIN LEVELS
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10-20MG/ML
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DILANTIN ADVERSE EFFECTS
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HYPERTRICHOSIS
COURSENESS OF FACIAL FEATURES GINGIVAL HYPERPLASIA ORAL HYGEINE HIGHLY IMPORTANT, DISCOLOR URING AVOID ALCOHOL = DECREASES EFFECTIVENESS, HAVE REGULAR BLOOD TESTS, V FIB, ATAXIA SLURRED SPEACH LETHARGY N/V DIZZINESS |
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GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR ANTICONVULSANTS TEACHING CONSIDERATIONS
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TAKE AS RX, TAKE WITH FOOD, DONT CHANGE BRANDS OR DOSAGE FORMS, DONT STOP ABRUPTLY, AVOID GINKO, PRIMROSE CAN ELEVATE DILANTIN
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WHAT IS THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE FOR STATUS ELIPTICUS
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PHENOBARBITOL
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PHENOBARBITOL HAS AN ONSET TIME OF
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5 MIN
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DRUG OF CHOICE FOR ABSCENCE SEIZURE
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ETHYLSUXUMIDE
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PREFERENCE FOR PHENOBARBITOL AND PRIMIDONE
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ph BEFORE pr
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DRUG OF CHOICE FOR PARTIAL AND GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC, MIXED SEIZURE TYPE
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TEGRETOL
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THINGS TO AVOID WITH TEGRETOL ALCOHOL, PHOTOSENSITIVE, GRAPEFRUIT OR GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
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ALCOHOL, PHOTOSENSITIVE, GRAPEFRUIT OR GRAPEFRUIT JUICE
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RASH APPEARING WITH ANTI SEIZURE MEDICATIONS CAN BE AN INDICATION OF____A RARE DISORDER THAT CAUSE DEATH
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STEVEN JOHNSON SYNDROME
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