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#1. Overview of the management of epilepsy in adults - UpToDate
The management of patients with epilepsy is focused on three main goals: controlling seizures, avoiding treatment side effects, and maintaining ...
#2. Medical Management of Epilepsy | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Epilepsy can be treated through multiple strategies. Usually medication is needed to control seizures and treat epilepsy; these commonly prescribed drugs are ...
#3. Management of Seizures and Epilepsy - American Academy ...
Anterior temporal lobe resection is the most common procedure performed for the treatment of epilepsy. Since surgery often results in complete ...
#4. First Aid for Epilepsy Seizures - WebMD
What You Can Do · Give them room. Keep other people back. · Clear hard or sharp objects, like glasses and furniture, away. · Cushion their head.
#5. Epilepsy - Treatment - NHS
medicines called anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs); surgery to remove a small part of the brain that's causing the seizures; a procedure to put a small electrical ...
#6. Epilepsy and Seizures Treatment & Management - Medscape ...
The mainstay of seizure treatment is anticonvulsant medication. The drug of choice depends on an accurate diagnosis of the epileptic syndrome, ...
#7. Seizures - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Treatment · Vagus nerve stimulation · Vagus nerve stimulation · Deep brain stimulation · Deep brain stimulation · Medication · Dietary therapy.
#8. Initial Management of Seizure in Adults - BINASSS
Patients who have had an epileptic seizure should be informed about factors that may provoke seizures. (e.g., sleep deprivation and alcohol use) ...
#9. Epilepsy: Scenario: Managing an epileptic seizure - Clinical ...
How do I manage a person having an epileptic seizure including status epilepticus? · Buccal midazolam as first-line treatment in the community. · Rectal diazepam ...
#10. Seizures and epilepsy in the acute medical setting - NCBI
由 EC Galizia 著作 · 2018 · 被引用 7 次 — Patients with functional non-epileptic seizures are often exposed to inappropriate interventions and treatment with antiepileptic drugs.
#11. Emergency treatment of acute seizures and status epilepticus
由 RC Tasker 著作 · 1998 · 被引用 74 次 — If persistent convulsive activity causes hypoventilation necessitating endotracheal intubation, seizure activity can be stopped temporarily with a high dose of ...
#12. Medical management of epileptic seizures: challenges and ...
Magnesium sulfate is the treatment of choice for eclampsia-related seizures, where magnesium causes an increase in voltage-dependent blockade of ...
#13. Epilepsy Definition, Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, & Treatment
The first-line treatment for epilepsy is antiseizure medication. These drugs are designed to help reduce the frequency and severity of seizures. They cannot ...
#14. Acute Management | Epilepsy Foundation
The use of parenteral valproic acid has been reported, mostly in patients with nonconvulsive status epilepticus.57,58 It is not recommended as a first-line drug ...
#15. Guidelines for seizure management in palliative care - Elsevier
Cancer. Epileptic seizure. Palliative care. Epilepsy. Antiepileptic drug ... to produce an appropriate model for the management of epileptic seizures in PC.
#16. Seizures - treatments, symptoms, causes and prevention
People diagnosed with epilepsy will normally need medication to control their seizures. These medications are called antiepileptic drugs, and for up to 70 ...
#17. Epilepsy – Seizure Types, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Epilepsy may be treated with antiepileptic medications (AEDs), diet therapy and surgery. Medications are the initial treatment choice for almost all patients ...
#18. Management of acute seizure and status epilepticus
An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or ... Management of acute repetitive seizures (ARS). • Stop the seizures.
#19. Seizure - Wikipedia
An epileptic seizure, informally known as a seizure, is a period of symptoms due to ... A first seizure generally does not require long-term treatment with ...
#20. Non-epileptic seizures and dissociative seizures - Epilepsy ...
Psychotherapy is the recommended treatment for dissociative seizures. Psychotherapy is the name for a group of different 'talking' therapies ( ...
#21. Clinical guideline: management of seizures in the emergency ...
adult patient with epileptic seizures (ES) or epilepsy. The objective is to unify criteria that will guarantee integral health care,.
#22. misdiagnosis of epilepsy and the management of refractory ...
Sixteen were rendered seizure-free and 25 significantly improved by the optimal use of anti-epileptic drugs or surgery. Diagnostic and management services ...
#23. Epilepsy in young children: What is the treatment?
Anticonvulsant medications · Phenobarbital · Valproic Acid (Depakene, Depakote) · Phenytoin (Dilantin) · Carbamazepine · Felbamate · Lamotrigine · Topiramate.
#24. Managing Epilepsy
Management strategies of medication resistant epilepsy fall into three main groups: anti-seizure medications, epilepsy surgery, and alternative treatment ...
#25. Treatment of Epilepsy - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Preoperatively, AED treatment must be optimized, the epileptic focus must be defined (scalp and depth EEG, CT and MRI) and the risk and/or extent of ...
#26. Epilepsy and Seizures in Children
The 2 main categories of epileptic seizures are focal (partial) seizure ... The goal of treatment is to control, stop, or reduce how often seizures occur.
#27. Seizure Emergencies: Medicine, Management & Action Plan
Emergency treatment for seizures can include antiseizure medications to help ... For a person with a seizure disorder, a change in seizure patterns or more ...
#28. First Aid for Seizures - Cleveland Clinic
If an emergency occurs, your medical information can help the people around you maintain your safety and provide the appropriate treatment. Make sure your ...
#29. What Is the First Aid for Seizures? - MedicineNet
Anticonvulsant medication helps manage seizures in many patients. Take all prescribed medication regularly. Do not stop taking medications or change the dose ...
#30. Epileptic seizure - St John Ambulance Australia
A patient having an epileptic seizure may: • suddenly cry out ... lose control of their bladder or ... 5 Manage any injuries resulting from the seizure.
#31. A 30-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study | Epilepsy and Seizures
Exposures Treatment with antiepileptic drugs for patients newly diagnosed with epilepsy. Main Outcomes and Measures Seizure control was assessed ...
#32. Seizure Management in the Intensive Care Unit | SpringerLink
Accurate diagnosis and efficient treatment of seizures in the ICU is ... admission cannot always definitively be characterized as epileptic.
#33. Non-Epileptic Seizures | Cedars-Sinai
Psychotherapy is the most common treatment for NES. This may include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT examines the connection between a person's thoughts ...
#34. Drug Treatment of Seizures - Neurologic Disorders - MSD ...
Valproate or vigabatrin is preferred, followed by clonazepam. For epileptic spasms, corticosteroids for 8 to 10 weeks are often effective. The optimal regimen ...
#35. The misdiagnosis of epilepsy
management of the attack disorder and forecloses the consider- ation of an alternative diagnosis. Delaying the diagnosis of epilepsy until one is absolutely ...
#36. About epilepsy - Neurology - The Royal Children's Hospital
1 in 20 children (5%) will have a seizure of some form during childhood. ... on one side of the brain) and generalised seizures, where epileptic activity ...
#37. Management of seizures - SlideShare
DRUGS IN EACH SEIZURE DISORDER<br />5.INDIVIDUAL DRUG DESCRIPTION <br />6.STATUS EPILEPTICUS<br />7.SPECIFIC SCENARIOS<br />8.CONCLUSION<br />; 3.
#38. Seizure Management
Epilepsy : Epilepsy is a disease characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and by the neurobiological, cognitive, ...
#39. Treatment Guidelines: Seizure Disorders | cpnp.org
Updated ILAE evidence review of antiepileptic drug efficacy and effectiveness as initial monotherapy for epileptic seizures and syndromes (2013) ...
#40. (PDF) The Diagnosis and Management of Epilepsy
epileptic seizure and may occur as a pseudostatus epilepticus. Distinguishing between psychogenic and frontal lobe epilep-. tic seizures may be ...
#41. Epileptic Seizure Management - News Medical
People who experience an epileptic seizure need immediate management and a treatment plan arranged in order to prevent future seizures.
#42. Epilepsy in Pregnancy - RCOG
How should women with non-epileptic attack disorder be counselled in pregnancy and how ... What is the optimum management of epileptic seizures in labour?
#43. Management of Seizures and of Epilepsy in the Emergency ...
Finally, the rationale underlying institution of long-term anti-epileptic treatment is provided: this indicated for patients with a suspected diagnosis of ...
#44. Epilepsy: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Epilepsy is a neurological condition involving the brain that makes people more ... The two broad categories of epileptic seizures are generalized seizures ...
#45. Epilepsy | American Academy of Neurology
Evidence-based Guideline: Management of an Unprovoked First Seizure in Adults. April 2015 ... Use of Serum Prolactin in Diagnosing Epileptic Seizures.
#46. Epilepsy: Treatment and Management - US Pharmacist
Therapeutic drug monitoring for AEDs is commonly used to help guide and assist clinicians with optimal dosing in patients. Monitoring serum ...
#47. Gynecologic Management of Adolescents and Young Women ...
There is no conclusive evidence that combination hormonal contraception increases epileptic seizures, and epilepsy itself poses no increased risk of an ...
#48. Status Epilepticus - EMCrit Project
Treatment is extremely challenging, with seizures often being ... Non-Epileptic Seizures” or “psychogenic, non-epileptic attacks”).
#49. Seizure Types and Nursing Management | Ausmed
The nurse must stay with the patient and call for help. It is important to time the seizure and note its characteristics. Protection must be ...
#50. Epilepsy (for Teens) - Nemours KidsHealth
It can be hard to know if someone is having an epileptic seizure. ... make involuntary motions (movements the person has no control over, such as jerking or ...
#51. Seizures and medications: What to know
If a person is having a seizure, they may show a spectrum of symptoms ranging ... Valproic acid: This drug helps manage bipolar disorder, ...
#52. Best Practices for Seizure Management In the Emergency ...
Patients presenting with seizures often have a history of seizure disorder. Other key history to obtain includes compliance with medications ...
#53. Epileptic Seizure Detection and Experimental Treatment
Among patients with epileptic seizures, two-thirds can control seizures through anti-epileptic medication, and another 8-10% could benefit ...
#54. Treatment for Epilepsy in Dogs Fact Sheet - Davies Veterinary ...
Treatment for epilepsy in dogs aims at 'controlling' the seizures. While anti-epileptic drugs will make some fortunate animals seizure-free, successful ...
#55. St John first aid guide to seizure or convulsion
A full-scale epileptic seizure involves violent jerking of the limbs, ... loss of control of bladder and/or bowel; blue/purple skin colour and blue lips ...
#56. Non-epileptic seizures - Sheffield Teaching Hospital
Like epilepsy, non- epileptic seizures can cause injuries and loss of control over bladder function. However, specialists in the treatment of seizures ( ...
#57. What Is Epilepsy? Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment
People often think epileptic seizures cause muscle spasms or loss of consciousness, but some seizures can instead cause sudden emotions, sensations, ...
#58. Epilepsy: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which a person has repeated seizures over time. Seizures are episodes of uncontrolled and abnormal firing of ...
#59. 癲癇Seizure - 台東馬偕紀念醫院
Remote: occurs >1 week following a disorder seizure ... High frequency of GTCs before treatment ? ◦ Family history ? 癲癇的治療.
#60. Epilepsy Guide: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Epileptic episodes are called seizures or convulsions. During a seizure, brain cells fire uncontrollably at up to four times their normal ...
#61. Special Issue : Advances in Epilepsy and Antiepileptic Drugs
... seizure attacks in epilepsy patients. Epileptologists over the past five years have provided astonishing insights into the pharmacology and treatment of ...
#62. Epilepsy and Seizures | Triggers and Treatments - Patient.info
In general, seizures are well controlled by treatment in about 4 in 5 ... Other conditions can look like seizures - for example, faints, panic attacks, ...
#63. Seizure disorders Information | Mount Sinai - New York
Seizing control of epileptic activity can improve outcome. Epilepsia. 2015;56(10):1482-1485. Cheuk DK, Wong V. Acupuncture for epilepsy. Cochrane Database Syst ...
#64. Correct method to manage epileptic seizures/fits
Correct method to manage epileptic seizures/fits | Medanta Epilepsy Clinic ... Epileptic seizure first aid: - Don't hold arms/legs during ...
#65. Seizures and epilepsy - Knowledge @ AMBOSS
With appropriate medical treatment, the majority of patients remain seizure‑free in the long term and prevent long-term complications such ...
#66. Seizure Disorders (Epilepsy) Nursing Care Management
Epilepsy is defined as a brain disorder characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and by the neurobiological, ...
#67. Management of epilepsy in pregnancy
Management of epilepsy in pregnancy: A report from the. International League Against Epilepsy Task Force on Women and. Pregnancy. Epileptic ...
#68. Clozapine-Induced Seizures: Recognition and Treatment
Myoclonic and atonic seizures are frequently caused by clozapine and can be forerunners of tonic-clonic seizures. · “Drop attacks” may represent atonic or ...
#69. Treatment Plans for Routine and Refractory Canine Epilepsy
The 2015 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) consensus statement on seizure management in dogs recommends phenobarbital or potassium ...
#70. Ep 132 Emergency Approach to Resolved Seizures - EM Cases
From Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizure (PNES)? From TIA? ... A. Koblic, P. Ep 132 Emergency Approach to Seizures and Seizure Management.
#71. The new patient with a first seizure - RACGP
the diagnosis and to consider treatment much ... directly about 'minor' epileptic symptoms before the episode such as absences, myoclonic.
#72. Breakthrough Seizures—Approach to Prevention and Diagnosis
Q: Why is there a need to focus on breakthrough seizures? A: When an epilepsy patient experiences a sustained period of freedom from seizures (seizure control), ...
#73. Nanotheranostics in epilepsy: A perspective for multimodal ...
While epileptic seizure is individual episodes of electrical discharges, epileptogenesis involves factors that lead to the development of the ...
#74. SOP: First-ever epileptic seizure in adult patients
In the case of an unprovoked seizure, estimation of seizure recurrence is necessary for the decision to start treatment with antiepileptic drugs ...
#75. Epilepsy: its presentation and nursing management
Complex partial seizures can be difficult to manage. If the seizure starts as only a warning, nursing management should be the same as for ...
#76. Treatment outcome and associated factors among patients ...
Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs) can be indicated for Patients who have had one or more epileptic seizures. The choice of therapy for the management ...
#77. Epilepsy Treatment Outcome and Its Predictors among ...
Nonadherence to antiepileptic drugs, high frequency of seizure attack before AEDs initiation, and history of a head injury before the ...
#78. Treating children with epilepsy
Most children with epilepsy are treated with epilepsy medicines. You might hear these called anti-epileptic drugs or AEDs. The medicine doesn't cure epilepsy, ...
#79. Emergency management of the paediatric patient with ...
Pay particular attention to any history of seizure disorder, other symptoms (e.g., fever), medication usage, and allergies to medications.
#80. Epilepsy and seizures - Raising Children Network
Management of epileptic seizures; Does your child need to see a doctor about epileptic seizures? Tests for epilepsy; Treatment for epilepsy ...
#81. Diagnosis and management of epilepsy | CMAJ
A family physician, in conjunction with a neurologist, can ascertain (a) if the episodes represent epileptic seizures and (b) if so, which ...
#82. Discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs in seizure-free patients
With the use of antiepileptic drugs, 60 – 70 % of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy become seizure-free (1). Although drug treatment could ...
#83. Why am I still having seizures while on medication?
Treatment for seizures typically consists of anti-convulsants or anti-epileptic medications. Unfortunately, at least 1 in 3 patients complain they are still ...
#84. Quick injection helps stop epileptic seizures - Harvard Health
An epileptic seizure is a frightening thing to experience, ... This could pave the way for home treatment of epileptic seizures.
#85. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures: aetiology, diagnosis
Misdiagnosis exposes patients to multiple iatrogenic harms and prevents them from accessing psychological treatment. In most cases, the patient's history (and ...
#86. WHO Information Kit on Epilepsy What you can do - WHO ...
WHO Programme on Reducing the Epilepsy Treatment Gap: An Overview ... Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the brain characterized by recurrent seizures.
#87. Intractable epilepsy: management and therapeutic alternatives
Situational or symptomatic epileptic seizures provoked by metabolic abnormalities or toxins have to be excluded. Immediate treatment after a ...
#88. Lorazepam confirmed as first-line treatment for stopping ...
Tonic-clonic seizures are the type of epileptic seizure that are most easily recognisable. They have two phases: loss of consciousness with the ...
#89. 10 epilepsy treatments – from lowest to highest risk | Brain
Brain surgery to remove the seizure focus is the most effective method to completely stop seizures. First, we must find the seizure focus and ...
#90. Management of status epilepticus in the emergency department
After 2 doses of benzodiazepine don't work, I am going to intubate. My second line anti-epileptic (propofol) is also my induction agent. First ...
#91. Medical standards for licensing | Austroads
When treatment with an anti-epileptic drug is started in a previously untreated person, sufficient time should pass to establish that the drug is effective ...
#92. Seizure Treatment - Epilepsy Foundation Texas
The treatment of seizures has expanded to include medication, devices, diet, and surgery. The goal of all epilepsy treatment is to prevent future seizures, ...
#93. First Aid for Epilepsy Seizures - Verywell Health
Learn how to help a person having an epileptic seizure cut their risk ... The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offers programs for several ...
#94. Treatment Options - Epilepsy Foundation Eastern Pennsylvania
If epilepsy — that is, a continuing tendency to have seizures — is diagnosed, the doctor will usually prescribe regular use of seizure- ...
#95. Emergency treatment of seizures in epileptic patients
A patient in status epilepticus, an epileptic seizure which does not stop spontaneously and persisting beyond 5 minutes, should be treated ...
#96. Seizures, convulsions and epilepsy and how to manage them
Epilepsy can be treated with anti-epileptic drugs. Although these can't cure the condition, they can halt or reduce the occurrence of the ...
#97. NICE epilepsy guideline
The anti-epileptic drug (AED) treatment strategy should be individualised according to the seizure type, epilepsy syndrome, co-medication and ...
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