Seizure Flashcards
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- confined to 1 cerebral hemisphere
- motor / sensory symptoms include automatisms
- lasts less than a minute, no LOC
- may be followed by tonic-clonic generalized seizure
- Drug of choice: Neurontin
- Jacksonian marching seizure
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Simple Partial Seizure
2
Q
- loss of consciousness
- may have visual, auditory sensations or excessive emotions
- area of brain involved is usually temporal lobe
- longer than 1 minute with postictal confusion, may progress
- may commit asocial acts, misdiagnosed
- Drug of choice: Dilantin
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Complex Partial Seizures
3
Q
- with or without aura
- sudden unconsciousness
- tonic phase (15 seconds) intense rigidity - epileptic cry
- clonic phase (45 – 75 seconds)– jerky muscle relaxations and contractions
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Tonic Clonic Seizures
4
Q
- increased salivation, may bite tongue, may be cyanotic
- often incontinent of urine/feces
- pupils fixed and dilated
- Postictal
- Drug of choice: Dilantin, Tegretol
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Tonic Clonic Symptoms
5
Q
- prodromal – signs that precede seizure
- aural – sensory warning
- ictal – full seizure
- postictal - period of recovery
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Phases of Seizures
