Seizure Disorders Flashcards
(40 cards)
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What is a seizure?
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What is epilepsy?
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3
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What are the phases of a seizure?
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4
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Classification of seizures
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5
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Partial (focal) seizures
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6
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Causes of a seizure
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7
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Types of partial (focal) seizures
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8
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Simple partial seizures and their manifestation
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9
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Complex partial seizures and their manifestation
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10
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Partial seizures with secondary generalization
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11
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Partial seizures of temporal lobe
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12
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Partial seizures of frontal lobe
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13
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Partial seizures of occipital lobe
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14
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Benign Rolandic epilepsy
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15
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Partial seizures of parietal lobe
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15
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Partial seizures of parietal lobe
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Generalized seizures
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17
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Generalized tonic-clonic seizure (grand mal)
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18
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Absence seizures (petit mal)
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Tonic seizures
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Myoclonic seizures
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21
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Atonic (akinetic) seizures
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22
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What triggers seizures
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23
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Hx taking of a seizure
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Investigations of a seizure
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Ddx of a seizure
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Physical exam of a seizure
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Complications of a seizure
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Emergency Tx of a seizure
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Complications of a seizure
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Management of seizures
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Indications for starting anti epileptic drugs
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Principles of introducing anti epileptic drugs
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List the anti epileptic drugs
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Status epilepticus
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Epilepsia partialis continua
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Causes/ RF of status epilepticus
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CF of status epilepticus
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Complications of status epilepticus
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Tx of status epilepticus
