PPT-Seizure Disorders

Caring for Children in a Community Program 20140204 Seizures Abnormal burst of electrical signals in the brain When a person has more than one seizure it is called a seizure disorder . Caring for Children . in a Community . Program. 2014-02-04. Seizures. Abnormal burst of electrical signals in the brain. When a person has more than one seizure, it is called a . seizure disorder . Joyce Estes RN, MSN. . Objectives. By the end of this module, the student will be able to:. Explain what a seizure is and the incidence of patients who have seizures.. Differentiate between seizures and epilepsy.. 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. 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, . with EEG biomarkers. August, 2017. Brian . Lundstrom. MD, PhD. Mayo Clinic. Relevant Financial Relationships: None. Off-label Usage: . Medtronics. stimulator, . DBS leads, and spinal cord leads. Continuous cortical stimulation. 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. . Dr. Pushpa Raj Sharma FCPS. Professor of Child Health. Institute of Medicine. Definitions. Seizure:. A sudden, involuntary, time-limited alteration in behavior, motor activity, autonomic function, consciousness, or sensation, accompanied by an abnormal electrical discharge in the brain. Jeff Howbert. March 11, 2014. Epilepsy. Group of long-term neurological disorders characterized by epileptic seizures.. Seizures involve excessive, abnormal nerve discharge in cerebral cortex.. Wide spectrum of severity and symptoms.. What . causes epilepsy?. Do Now:. Examine the circuit below. The two red neurons are excitatory and the two blue neurons are inhibitory. . What effect would removing the two blue inhibitory neurons have on this circuit’s activity? . Neurology Asia DISCUSSIONIn this study, we observed that about 75% of DS patients exhibited afebrile and mild body temperature variation below 38C at the rst seizure, and one-third of FS+ patient . Dr.A.VASUNDHARA. ,. Professor and HOD,. Department of Pediatrics. Sudden paroxysmal transitory disturbance in brain function which starts suddenly, stops spontaneously and shows a tendency to recur . . arun. R Nair. Dept. of practice of medicine. Seizures & Epilepsy. A . seizure . is . a . paroxysmal event . due to abnormal, excessive, hypersynchronous . discharges from . an aggregate of central nervous system (CNS) neurons. . Recently after detection of low calcium in his lab tests he was referred to an endocrinologist for further evaluation and treatment . . PMH :. . seizure. . . Mental retardation ( He had a bad school performance even was not able to finish elementary school .. Dr . Jeevan. . Silwal. MD,DNB,FIPN. Pediatric Neurologist. Siliguri. . . SEIZURES: . A seizure is defined as:. “Transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.”.