PPT-Seizure and Epilepsy: A Practical Guide for Primary Care Providers

Sarah Durica MD Assistant Professor Department of Neurology The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center EXPERIMENTAL OR OFFLABEL DRUGTHERAPYDEVICE DISCLOSURE I will be discussing . SLIME TEACHING. Dr Rochelle Velho . FY1. Overview. Epilepsy. Case Based Discussions. epilepsy . Seizure vs Epilepsy. LINK. Abnormal metabolic state. Other. LINK. Epidemiology. Common in LEDCs and MEDCs . By Laura Parker. Define an epileptic seizure, epilepsy and status . epilepticus. Name common causes and factors that may predispose an individual to epileptic seizures. Recognise the symptoms a patient may present with who has epilepsy. 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. PYSC 4080. By: Misha Nili. Contents. Definitions. History. Seizure Stages. Classification. Mechanisms of Action. Neurotransmission. Genetics. Neuroanatomy. Neurodevelopment. Treatments. Cuttlefish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1T4ZgkCuiM. In 2005, a Task Force of the International League . Against Epilepsy . (ILAE) formulated conceptual definitions of “seizure. ” and . “epilepsy. ”. . The “two unprovoked seizure” definition of epilepsy . Epilepsy is when people have reoccurring seizures. Seizures are all different. Sometimes it causes people to fall down and shake all over. Sometimes it makes people go still and quiet. Everybody’s epilepsy is different. Presenter: Dr. . Shravan. Kumar. Moderator: Prof. R. K. Gaur. INTRODUCTION. Clinicians have recognized the association of epilepsy with . psychiatric disorders . since . antiquity.. . At . the turn of the 19th century, . Nik. . Sanyal. FY2. Be able to define what a seizure is and what epilepsy is. Be able to define different types of epilepsy. Be able to establish a management plan involving investigations and medications.. Dan Coughlin. Kevin McCabe. Bob McCarthy. Steve Moffett. Background. Epilepsy is a brain disease that triggers seizures. Electroencephalograms (EEGs) read electrical impulses from the brain. Prediction. Prof of child neurology . Faculty of medicine –The university of Jordan . Objectives . History . Epidemiology . Definitions : seizure , epilepsy , febrile convulsion , status epilepticus ,epileptic encephalopathy . Seizures and Epilepsy. A seizure is a brief, excessive discharge of brain electrical activity that changes how a person feels, senses, thinks, or behaves. . Epilepsy is a disorder in which a person has two or more seizures without a clear cause. . Robert S. Fisher, MD, PhD. Maslah. Saul MD Professor of Neurology. Director, Stanford Epilepsy Center. In 2005, the ILAE released a conceptual definition of seizures and epilepsy, followed by an operational (practical) definition in 2014. The key changes were: epilepsy can exist after two unprovoked seizures more than 24 hours apart (the old definition) or one unprovoked seizure when the risk for another is known to be high (>60%); reflex seizures and seizures that are part of an epilepsy syndrome constitute epilepsy; epilepsy may be considered resolved when an age-dependent syndrome is outgrown or when a person is seizure-free for at least 10 years, the last 5 off anti-seizure medicines.. A . transient occurrence of signs or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or . synchronous neuronal . activity in the . brain. Protean manifestations. 5–10% of the . population. Seizure versus epilepsy?. 89