Chapter 16 Flashcards
1
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Classification of seizures
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- Focal seizures
- Generalized seizures
- Unclassifiable seizures
2
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Focal seizures types
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- Simple partial seizures: don’t disturb consciousness
- Complex partial seizures: Disturb consciousness
- Secondary generalized seizures
3
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Generalized seizures
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- Absences: only in children
- Myoclonic: muscle twitching, jerking/spasms
- Tonic-clonic seizures
- Tonic seizures: sudden tension of msucles
- Clonic seizures: Stiffening and relaxing of muscles
- Atonic seizures: loss of muscle strength
4
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Status epilepticus
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One seizure after another
5
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Classification of epilepsy syndromes
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1: Location related epilepsy syndromes
2: Generalized epilepsy syndromes
3. Epilepsy syndromes
4. Special syndroms
6
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Terms related to the cause of an epilepsy syndrome
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- Idiopathic: unknown cause
- Symptomatic: known cause
- Cryptogenic: Strong suspicion but no certainty.
7
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Pre-ictal
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Time before onset of seizure. can be hours to days. Behavioral restlessness
8
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Post-ictal
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Time period following seizure. can be minutes to hours. restlessness, aggressiveness, increased appetite
9
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Treatment of epilepsy
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- Anti-convulsants: control only seizure
- Neurosurgery: for focal epilepsy
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Deep brain stimulation
- Ketogenic diet
10
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Neuropsychological consequences of epilepsy
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- Increased risk of cognitive impairment
- Information processing problems
- Epileptic processes interfere with function of cognitive networks
- Temporal epilepsy can cause memory loss
- Frontal epilepsy can cause executive dysfunction
11
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Comorbidity with epilepsy
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Mood and anxiety disorders. Personality changes
12
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Psychological aspects of epilepsy
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- Low self-esteem
2. Stigma
13
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Risk factors epilepsy
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- Stable: Brain anomaly, age of onset, seizure type
- Dynamic: frequency and timespan, duration
- Treatment
