Seizures csv Flashcards
Brief lapses of consciousness with or without rapid eye blinking, slight head, and limb jerking in a child
Absence seizure
First line of therapy may include valproate, phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, or newer agents (levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine)
Tonic-clonic seizure
Sudden, brief muscle contractions; first line of therapy includes valproate and clonazepam
myoclonic seizures
Commonly mistaken as daydreaming in a young child
absence seizures
First line of therapy includes ethosuximide and valproate.
absence seizures
Loss of consciousness followed by loss of postural control, a tonic phase of muscle contraction, and clonic phase of limb jerking
Tonic-clonic seizures
Motor, sensory, visual, psychic, or autonomic phenomena with preserved level of consciousness
Simple Partial seizures
spike-and-wave pattern on EEG
Absence seizures
May be associated with cyanosis and urinary or fecal incontinence; increased serum prolactin during postictal period
Tonic-clonic seizures
Motor, sensory, visual, psychic, or autonomic phenomena with preserved level of consciousness
Simple Partial seizures
Motor, sensory, visual, psychic, or autonomic phenomena with diminished level of consciousness and/or postictal confusion
Complex partial seizures
Seizure interferes with a single neurologic modality (motor, sensory, or autonomic function) but does not cause loss of consciousness.
Simple Partial seizures
commonly involves the temporal lobe.
Complex Partial seizures
Lack of postictal state
absence seizures
Presents in infancy w/ sudden extensor/flexor trunk movements; psychomotor retardation; and disorganized high-voltage slow waves, spikes, and sharp waves on EEG
West syndrome (infantile spasms)
