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23 Cards in this Set
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Involvement of only restricted part of the brain - may become secondarily generalized NAME SEIZURE
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PARTIAL SEIZURE
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Consciousness is preserved NAME SEIZURE
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SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE
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Consciousness is impaired, usually most difficult to control, most common location is temporal lobe - NAME SEIZURE
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COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE
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Diffuse involvement of brain at onset - NAME SEIZURE
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GENERALIZED SEIZURE
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Consiousness is impaired briefly, patient is often unaware of attacks - NAME SEIZURE
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PETIT MAL (ABSENCE) SEIZURES
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Seizure where patient experiences loss of consciousness with rigidity and arrest of respiration and jerking occurs is called
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GRAND MAL SEIZURES (tonic-clonic)
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Repeated seizures without recovery between them - a fixed and enduring epileptic condition that lasts at least 30 minutes is called _
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Status epilepticus
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Which anti epileptic has broad range of action
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VALPROIC ACID
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Which drug is useful in patients with hepatic or renal insufficiency due to lack of interactions
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LEVITERACETAM
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Name drug that inhibits sodium currents via non-NMDA receptors
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TOPIRAMATE
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Name drug that inhibits calciumvcurrents via NMDA receptors (glutamic acid antagonism)
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FELBAMATE
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Name drugs which inhibit low threshold T type voltage gated Ca channels
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Ethosuximide
Valproic acid |
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Name drug that is enhancing GABA inhibition by irreversibly inhibiting GABA transaminase (the major enzyme catalizing GABA in the brain
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VIGABATRIL
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Name two DOC for simple focal seizure
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Phenytoin
Carbamazepine |
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Name DOC for complex focal seizure
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Phenytoin
Carbamazepine Valproate |
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DOC for grand mal generalized seizures
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Phenytoin
Carbamazepine Valproate |
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DOC for absence petit mal seizure
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ETHOSUXIMIDE
Valproate Lamotrigine |
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DOC for myoclonic seizures
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Valproate
Lamotrigine |
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Drug of choice for febrile seizures in children
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Phenobarbital
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Drug for prevention of febrile seizures in children
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Diazepam
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Drugs used for seizure treatment in patients with status epilepticus
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IV Phenytoin
IV Lorazepam IV Fosphenytoin sodium |
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Gabapentin and vigabatrin are excreted primarily _
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Unchanged in urine
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_ is eliminated almost entirely by glucocuronide conjugation
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Lamotrigine
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