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Epilepsy Flashcards

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What is epilepsy

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A chronic disorder characterised by recurrent seizures

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What is epilepsy characterised by

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Impairment of motor activity (convulsions), consciousness, perception and/or behaviour

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What is a seizure

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Principle symptom of epilepsy

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What is a convulsion

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  1. Sudden, violent, irregular movement of a limb or of the body, caused by involuntary contraction of muscle

DOES NOT HAVE TO BE EPILEPTIC IN ORIGIN (serotonin syndrome)

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How does serotonin syndrome occur

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High dose of SSRIs- convulsions, brain activity is not seizure like

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What is a complex seizure

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  1. Consciousness is impaired although not loss
  2. Preceded by aura
  3. Automatisms- lip smacking and grimacing, may occur
  4. Amnesia of varying duration and degree is common
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What is a simple seizure

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Those that no not cause impaired consciousness, duration is less than one minute

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What is a absence seizure type (generalised)

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  1. Abrupt, short (10-30 seconds) cessations of physical movement and loss of attention
  2. Characterised in childhood
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What is a clonic seizure type

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  1. Characterised by loss of consciousness

2. Rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation

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What is a tonic seizure type

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  1. Occurs predominantly during sleep and in childhood

2. Cause sustained contraction of the skeletal muscles in the head and trunk then spreading to the limb

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What is tonic clonic seizure type (generalised)

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  1. Patients experiencing a loss of consciousness with a sudden contraction of muscles
  2. Respiratory Muscles are involved: stridor or loud cry can be heard
  3. Clonic convulsion: grunting noise present and saliva froth from the mouth
  4. Duration: 2-3 minutes and ends with gurgling sound
  5. Cyanosis resolves and patient wakes with confusion
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What is atomic seizure type

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  1. Usually occur in children and manifest as brief total loss of muscle tone
  2. Loss of consciousness followed by fall
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What is a myoclonic seizure type

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  1. Brief sudden, involuntary shock like muscle contractions (involves whole body- generalised)
  2. Just a few muscles (focal) or more than two contiguous regions (regional)
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What is an isolated seizure type exposure? (3)

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Not considered epilepsy

Considered when a trigger is introduced such as a CNS infection, stroboscopic lighting, head injury, fever, drug related

Can increase risk of developing epilepsy

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What are the disease burdens of epilepsy (5)

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Premature mortality is 2-3 times higher in epilepsy patients due to

  1. SUDEP: patients spontaneously dying
  2. Status Epilepticus
  3. Accidents: consequence of seizure
  4. Aspiration pneumonia
  5. Drug toxicity, ADRs and suicides
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What are the co-morbidities of epilepsy (8)

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  1. Cognitive decline
  2. Anxiety
  3. Depression
  4. Agitation, anger and emotional out bursts
  5. ADHD
  6. Reproductive problems
  7. Insomnia
  8. Migraine
17
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What area in the brain affects motor function

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Frontal Lobe

18
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What area in the brain affects sensory function

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temporal lobe - deja vu, psychiatric symptoms

parietal lobe- sensory function, tingling symptoms

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What are the treatment options for generalised tonic clonic seizures (1st, 2nd and adjunctive)

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1st Line: Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine, Topiramate, Valproate

2nd Line: Oxcarbazepine, Phenytoin

Adjunctive: Clobazam, Levetriacetam

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What are the treatment options for generalised tonic absence seizures (1st, 2nd and adjunctive)

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1st Line: Ethosuximide, Lamotrigine, Valporate

2nd Line: Topiramate

Adjunctive: Benzodiazepine

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What is a partial seizure and give examples

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Seizure discharge in one area of brain

Symptoms: Involuntary movement, abnormal sensory experiences, consciousness loss

Examples: Jacksonian Epilepsy and Psychomotor epilepsy

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What are the treatment options for partial seizures (1st, 2nd and adjunctive)

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1st Line: Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine, Oxcarbazepine, Topiramade, Valporate

2nd Line: Gabapentin, Phenytoin

Adjunctive: dual therapy: Clobazam, Levetiracetam, Ticagabine

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How do you diagnose epilepsy? (5)

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  1. Obtaining an accurate and detailed history from the patient of the evens before, during and after a seizure
  2. A specialist in epilepsy must do this
  3. Identify the primary cause: stroke, arrhythmia, TIA
  4. EEG or MRI (can detect lesions in brain that may cause epilepsy)
  5. IF results show epilepsy, see which type and consider rectifiable surgery or recurrent drug therapy
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What are the aims of pharmacotherapy

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  1. Ensure patients are seizure free or minimise number of break through seizures
  2. Maximise quality of life
  3. Balance with drug use as some have major side effects that reduce quality of life
25
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How do you treat the first seizure

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No drug therapy (unlikely to occur again)

26
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How do you treat the second seizure with 1st choice mono therapy?

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1st choice mono therapy: Achieve control, monitors continue: withdraw after seizure free amount of time:
Carbamazepine (300mg effective dose, not 500mg), Lamotrigine, Oxcarbazepine, Topiramate, valporate

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How do you treat the second seizure with 2nd choice mono therapy or adjunctive dual therapy?

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2nd choice mono therapy: GABA: Gabapentin, Phenytoin

Adjunctive dual therapy:
Clobazam, Levetiracetam, Tigabine

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What if all mono therapy and dual therapy treatments fail?

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Vagal nerve stimulation or surgery

29
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How do sodium channel blockers work in epilepsy and give drug examples

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Seizures rely on dependent action potential voltage gated sodium channels, inhibitor leads to prevention

Examples: Phenytoin, Carbamazepine (also GABA inhibitor) and carisbamate

30
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How do GABA drugs work in epilepsy and give drug examples

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Enhancement of GABA mediated Cl- channels to increase inhibition and attenuate seizures

Examples: Phenobarbitone, Diazepam

31
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What are the first generation anti epileptic drugs (3)

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Phenobarbital
Phenytoin
Corticosteroids/ACTH

32
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What are the second generation anti epileptic drugs (4)

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Diazepam
Carbamazepine
Valproate
Clobazam

33
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What are the third generation anti epileptic drugs (4)

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Lamotrigene
Oxcarbmazepine
GABApentin
PREGbalin

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