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Epilepsy
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Condition in which a pt has recurrent seizures due to a chronic underlying process
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Seizure
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Provoked vs. Unprovoked Seizure
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Define:
idiopathic, symptomatic, and cryptogenic epilepsy |
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Key findings on EEG in epilepsy
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Generalized (nonfocal) Seizure
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tonic-clonic absence myoclonic atonic, clonic, tonic |
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Partial (focal or localization-related) Seizure
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simple complex secondarily generalized |
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Types of SIMPLE PARTIAL seizures
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- w/ motor signs:
focal motor w/ march focal motor w/o march versive postural phonatory - w/ somatosensory or special sensory sx: somatosensory visual auditory olfactory gustatory vertiginous - w/ autonomic sx or signs: epigastric sensation pallor sweating flushing piloerection pupillary dilation cardiac arrhythmia - w/ psychic sx (rare w/o impaired consciousness): _dysphasic _dysmnestic (eg. deja vu) _cognitive (eg. dreamy states, distorted time sense) _affective (eg. fear, anger, etc.) _illusions (eg. macropsia) _structured hallucinations (eg. music scenes) |
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Types of COMPLEX PARTIAL seizures
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Lennox Gastaut Syndrome
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