Seizure Syndrome

Question 1

Paroxistic exacerbation of a specific cortical function:

Answer 1

Seizure

Question 2

Paroxistic Motor Exacerbation:

Answer 2

Convulsion

Question 3

Neurological disorder characterized by 2+ spontaneous seizures over 24h range:

Answer 3

Epilepsy

Question 4

Post-crisis period characterized by dysfunction of the cerebral area affected:

Answer 4

Post-ictal State

Question 5

Seizure associated to infection, metabolic, electrolytes, intoxication, abstinence and Stroke:

Answer 5

Secondary Seizure

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Seizure initiated in childhood and with familiar cases:

Answer 6

Primary Seizure

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Trigger factors:

Answer 7

Light stimulation, Hyperventilation and Sleep deprivation

Question 8

Most common Seizure Syndrome:

Answer 8

Febrile Convulsion

Question 9

Epileptic crisis associated to fever, without intracranial infection or a defined neurologic cause:

Answer 9

Febrile Convulsion

Question 10

Fever + Unique/isolated generalized tonic-clonic seizure for 5min:

Answer 10

Simple Febrile Convulsion

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Fever + Focal crisis and/or +15min and/or recurrent in less than 24h and/or with post-ictal neurologic manifestations:

Answer 11

Complex Febrile Convulsion

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Indications of Lumbar puncture in Febrile Convulsion:

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Age -2 months

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Treatment of Febrile Convulsion:

Answer 13

Diazepam 0,3mg/kg/dose EV, pure and slowly

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Seizure initiated in age 4-13 years old:

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Benign Rolandic Epilepsy of Childhood

Question 15

Prognostic of the Benign Rolandic Epilepsy of Childhood:

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Disappear in adulthood

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Absence Seizures in childhood:

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Petit Mal Seizure

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Petit Mal Seizure association with Grand Mal Seizure:

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30-50% of cases

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Generalized tonic-clonic seizure that are not preceded by partial crisis:

Answer 18

Grand Mal Seizure

Question 19

Slow spike-wave complexes in 3Hz frequency:

Answer 19

Petit Mal Seizure

Question 20

Myoclonic crisis in the morning in age 8-20 years old:

Answer 20

Myoclonic Juvenile Epilepsy

Question 21

Brief Post-ictal state:

Answer 21

-30min

Question 22

Prolonged Post-ictal state:

Answer 22

+30min

Question 23

Example of a Cryptogenic Epilepsy:

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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Epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis:

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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Most Common Seizure Syndrome in adults (40%):

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

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Mixed seizures with mental retardation and childhood encephalopathy:

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Lennox-Gestaut Syndrome

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Indications of cranial CT scan and MRI in adults:

Answer 27

Always

Question 28

Petit Mal Seizure Treatment:

Answer 28

Etossuximida ou Valproato

Question 29

Petit Mal Seizure + Grand Mal Seizure Treatment:

Answer 29

Valproato

Question 30

Grand Mal Seizure Treatment:

Answer 30

Carbamazepina ou Valproato

Question 31

Seizure caused by an identified cause:

Answer 31

Acute Symptomatic Seizure

Question 32

One or more seizures that occur in 24h:

Answer 32

Single Crisis (Isolated)

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Age most affected by Epilepsy:

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First year of life or after 70 years old

Question 34

Classification of Epilepsy:

Answer 34

Focal and Generalized