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Seizures

Neurologic Clinics, 1993
Alcohol-related seizures have been recognized since the time of Hippocrates. Most such seizures are related to acute abstinence from chronic, high doses of alcohol use. Increasing use of illicit drugs, especially cocaine, has dramatically increased the incidence of acute drug-toxicity-related seizures.
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Seizure disorders

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2004
The diagnosis and management of patients with epilepsy is often undertaken by pediatricians, internists, and geriatricians (primary care physicians [PCPs]). Although referral to a neurologist may be necessary if the diagnosis of epilepsy is unclear or if the patient does not respond to initial therapy with antiepileptic drugs, PCPs may subsequently ...
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Seizures and Seizure Care in an Emergency Department

Epilepsia, 1989
Summary: We evaluated the nature and significance of seizure problems in an emergency department (ED) by studying seizures in an urban community hospital. In 6 months, there were 29,131 ED visits; of these, 200 (0.7%) were for diagnosed seizures. Among these 200 seizure visits, were 69 (34.5%) new‐onset seizures, 30 (15%) febrile seizures, and 92 (46%)
A, Krumholz   +3 more
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Seizures

2012
Seizures can be a clinical presentation of acute stroke or complicate the clinical course of patients with stroke. Post-stroke seizures are significantly more common in patients with cortical involvement, severe and large size stroke and those with cortical hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic stroke.
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Seizures in Children

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2006
Seizures are the most common pediatric neurologic disorder. Four to ten percent of children suffer at least one seizure in the first 16 years of life. The incidence is highest in children less than 3 years of age, with a decreasing frequency in older children.
Marla J, Friedman, Ghazala Q, Sharieff
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Seizures in Pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2018
Seizures are among the most serious neurologic complications encountered in pregnancy. This review provides a foundation for the initial diagnosis, evaluation, classification, and management of seizures during pregnancy.
Kassie J, Bollig, Daniel L, Jackson
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Pediatric Seizures

Pediatrics In Review, 2013
On the basis of strong evidence, treatment is highly dependent on the seizure semiology results, electroencephalography (EEG) findings, and origin. • On the basis of moderate evidence and consensus, vigorous use of video EEG recordings and home video cameras should be used to delineate the epileptic syndromes.
Reet, Sidhu   +2 more
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Eating Seizures

European Neurology, 1983
Three personal observations of "eating seizures' are described and similar cases in the literature considered. The authors conclude that eating seizures represent an unusual pathological event with complex physiopathological mechanisms, and prognosis may change in relation to the different clinical contexts.
U, Aguglia, P, Tinuper
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The Kynurenines and the Seizures

1996
At present, patients with epilepsy are resistant against all antiepileptic drugs in 15–25 per cent of cases. Hence the search for new pathogenetically sound approaches to treatment of this disease. Different neuroactive substances have been studied, of them kynurenines attracting a particular attention.
V I, Guzeva   +2 more
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An Islander with Seizures

Scottish Medical Journal, 1998
This case describes a man with progressive refractory epilepsy whose death was witnessed during a seizure. Initial brain imaging was normal, but following prolonged episodes of non-convulsive status epilepticus, progressive right-sided temporal atrophy developed over a period of two years.
L J, Stephen, M J, Brodie
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