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| Antiepilepsy medications: |
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- Carbamazepine= Tegretol
- Phenytoin sodium= Dilantin
- Valproic acid= Depakote
- Lamotrigine= Lamictal
- Topiramate= Topamax
- Levetriacetam= Keppra |
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| Carbamazepine (Gretol is on a low CARB diet) |
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Valproic acid
(Val has a Kote) |
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| aura> automatisms> post-ictal period: |
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| During absense seizures children are __. |
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| During atypical absence seizures pt may be somewhat __ and __, may have behaviors such as: |
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- aware and responsive
- eyelid fluttering, swallowing, head movements |
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| Anticonvulsant effective only against absence seizures: |
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- Ethosuximide
- Valproic acid
- Ketogenic diet |
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- increased muscle tone of entire body, usually extension dominates
- Last less than 1 minute usually
- Consciousness impaired but not lost
- Post-ictal confusion |
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| Neonatal seizures workup: |
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- Glucose
- Electrolytes
- Calcium ionized
- Magnesium
- Metabolic eval
- Blood cultures
- Urine cultures
- Spinal fluid |
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| test if suspect intracranial hemorrhage as cause of neonatal seizure: |
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| With neonatal seizures first rule out __, and then rule out __. |
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- > 10 minutes
- focal
- 2 discrete episodes within 24hours |
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| Factors that increase recurrence of febrile seizures: |
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- younger age
- family history of febrile seizures or seizure disorder |
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| Factors that make you consider LP with febrile seizure: |
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- less than 18 months old
- prior abx treatment
- toxic appearing
- meningeal signs |
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| DOC for Status Epilepticus: |
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| Greatest risk for epilepsy in children with: |
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- prolonged convulsions (>20-30 minutes)
- focal/partial seizures
- FHx + for afrebrile seizures in first degree relative
- Hx of previous developmental delay |
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| Jitterinesss is not a seizure. This is more common in what babies? |
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- infants of diabetic mothers
- small for gestational age infants
- infants withdrawing from maternal drug use |
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| Sandifer syndrome is a movement associated with __ __ __. |
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| kid arching back, stiffen, crys, moves head side to side: |
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| Sandifer Syndrome associated with GER |
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| oscillating to and from movements of limbs in first 6 weeks of life: |
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| Baby with rapid shivering tremor of trunk arms and head as if someone poured water down their back, begins 3-5 month olds, diappears over 1st 1 years of life: |
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| Benign Shuddering Attacks |
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| When neuroimaging (MRI) is more likely to reveal abnormalities with seizures: |
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- Focal neuro signs
- Reistant to meds
- Neonatal period or > 20 years old |
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