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Epilepsy Flashcards

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What is the definition of epilepsy?

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Chronic disorder characterized by two or more unprovoked seizures separated by 24 hours

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What age groups get epilepsy?

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Newborns and young children

Second peak > 65 years

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What are epileptic syndromes?

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Juvenile Myoclonic epilepsy
Lennox-Gestaut Syndrome
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy snydrome

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What are the 3 types of factors in seizures?

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Endogenous factors
Epileptogenic factors
Precipitating factors

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What type of seizures occur in late/infancy/early childhood?

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Febrile seizures

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What type of seizures occur in childhood?

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Well-defined epilepsy syndrome

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What types of seizures occur in adolescence/early adulthood?

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Epilepsies secondary to acquired CNS lesions begin to predoinate

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What type of seizures occur in older adults?

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Cerebrovascular disease

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What are causes of seizures regardless of age?

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Metabolic disturbances
Hypo/hyperglycemia
Renal failure
Hepatic failure

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What drugs cause seizures?

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Beta-lactam
Quinolones
Alkylating agents
Antimalarials
Meperidine
Tramadol
Psychotropics
Theophylline
Drugs of abuse
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What are the focal seizures?

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Focal aware seizures

Focal impaired awareness seizures

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What are the types of focal aware seizures?

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Focal aware with motor onset

Focal aware with non-motor onset

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What is the jacksonian march?

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Tingling of fingertips, to hands, to arm to entire arm

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What is todd’s paralysis?

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Affects one side of the body - numb/tingle for the rest of the day

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What do focally impaired awareness seizures frequently begin with?

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Aura

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What are the types of Generalized seizures?

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Typical/atypical absence
Tonic-clonic
Pure clonic
Pure tonic
Atonic
Myoclonic
17
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What lab may be elevated in tonic-clonic seizures?

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Serum prolactin

18
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What are EEGs used for in seizure disorders?

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Useful for the diagnosis of various seizure disorders

19
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What is the goal of epilepsy?

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No seizures, no SE, and an optimal QOL

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