PPT-The Brain and Epilepsy efmn.org

Introductions who we are Amanda Pike Education Senior Program Manager Epilepsy Foundation of MN Jeannine Conway Pharm D University of MN member of Professional Advisory Board of Epilepsy Foundation of MN. Background Information. Ten year old boy.. Was at a party and started shaking and convulsing.. Lately he has been overly aggressive and very angry. . Does not remember falling down, but he does remember an unpleasant odor when he did.. Ashley . Ferenchak. The Case (taken from the curriculum). A woman brings her 10-year-old son, Raymond, in to see you. He’s been overly aggressive and angry lately, but she has attributed this to her divorce from Raymond’s father. Last night, Raymond attended a party at his friend’s house. After a night of laser tag and little sleep, Raymond started shaking and convulsing. He stopped before his mom arrived, but she still wanted to get him checked out. Raymond does not really remember falling to the floor, but he does remember that he smelled a very unpleasant odor right before he went down.. Gaetha Mills, RN, CNRN. 4. bed monitoring unit (with 4 additional beds being constructed). 5 epilepsy fellowship trained . Epileptologists. An. . epilepsy fellowship trained . Neurosurgeon. 4 epilepsy trained neuropsychologists. Not all the persons who suffers seizures are considered to have epilepsy.. Diagnosis of epilepsy is applied to only those patients whose seizures are generated by their own chromic brain dysfunction. . November 8, 2018. efmn.org. . What do you know about the people in your program, facility, and under your care?. efmn.org. . When . older adults have . epilepsy…. There are 300,000 older adults in the U.S. that have epilepsy. Christos . Lambrakis. M.D.. 1. September 20. th. , 2014. How is Epilepsy Diagnosed. Recognizing Types of Seizures. a. nd . Imitators of Epilepsy. 2. . 3. Brain. *Weight: 3 . lbs. *Made of 75% water. Executive Medical Director – Neurosciences. Boys Town National Research Hospital. What is a Seizure?. A “storm in the brain”. Abnormal, synchronized electrical activity, changing a child’s movements, alertness, or sensation. PRESENTED BY:. VISHNU.R.NAIR,. 4. TH. YEAR PHARM.D,. NATIONAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACY,. KERALA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES(KUHS), KERALA STATE.. INDEX/ CONTENTS OF THIS PPT :. GENERAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. A Guide to Understanding Seizures What is a seizure? A seizure is the physical response to increased electrical activity in the brain. The result is a synchronized �ring of brain cells. Assistant Professor Medicine. Classify epilepsy and describe the epidemiology of epilepsy. Enlist the risk factors of epilepsy. Identify provoked and unprovoked seizure. Enlist the causes of epilepsy. Dr. Cyrus Boelman. Neurology, BC Children’s Hospital. CLAE Biennial Meeting 2016. Disclosures. None. Case . A. Germline. Mutation. Case . A. 3.5 month old term, non-. dysmorphic. boy. West syndrome:. M.V.Sc Scholar. Bihar Veterinary College. B.A.S.U. Patna. VCM-604. What is Epilepsy-. It is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.. Overview. Noncomunicable. Disease. Recurrent . Sizzures. , Brief Episodes of involuntary movement may involve a part of the body (partial) or the entire body (generalized) and are sometimes accompanied by loss of consciousness and control of bowel or bladder function.. Aim of lecture. To have an overview about head . trauma,classifications,types. and the management of each type. objectives. Classification . catigories. Clinical classification . Mechanism of injury.