Clinical Epilepsy
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Clinical Epilepsy Section - Self Test
| Content | Section | Revision Date | ||||||
| I. | Definitions & Epidemiology | January 2009 | ||||||
| A. Seizures | ||||||||
| Table 1 - Annotated International Classification of Epileptic Seizures | ||||||||
| B. Epilepsy | ||||||||
| Table 2 - Annotated Proposal International Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes | ||||||||
| II. | Evaluation After the First Seizure | January 2009 | ||||||
| III. | Treatment | January 2009 | ||||||
| A. Single-Seizure: Treat or Not | ||||||||
| B. Drug Choice | ||||||||
| Table 3 - Commonly Used Antiepileptic Drugs | ||||||||
| C. Practical Pharmacology | ||||||||
| Table 4 - Information on Common Antiepileptic Drugs | ||||||||
| D. Dose Initiation & Monitoring | ||||||||
| E. Evaluation After Recurence | ||||||||
| F. Discontinuing Drugs | ||||||||
| IV. | Non-Drug Treatments | January 2009 | ||||||
| V. | Epilepsy Surgery | January 2009 | ||||||
| A. Indications | ||||||||
| B. Evaluation | ||||||||
| C. Procedures | ||||||||
| D. Results | ||||||||
| VI. | Status Epilepticus Click here to view a brief PPT presentation with Audio  | January 2009 | ||||||
| Table 5 - Timetable for the Treatment of Status Epilepticus | ||||||||
| VII. | Neonatal Seizures | January 2009 | ||||||
| VIII. | Selected Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes | January 2009 | ||||||
| A. Catastrophic Epilepsy Syndromes of Infancy & Early Childhood | ||||||||
| B. Febrile Convulsions | ||||||||
| C. Benign, Idopathic, Partial Epilepsy Syndromes | ||||||||
| D. Idopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes | ||||||||
| IX. | Managing Pediatric Epilepsy | January 2009 | ||||||
| A. AEDs - Pediatric Considerations | ||||||||
| B. Psychosocial Management | ||||||||
| C. Epilepsy Surgery | ||||||||
| X. | Nonepileptic Seizures & Imitators of Epilepsy | January 2009 | ||||||
| Table 6 - Some Events Imitating Epileptic Seizure | ||||||||
| A. Physilogic | ||||||||
| B. Psychogenic | ||||||||
| C. Syncope | ||||||||
| Table 7 - Ictal Features Suggesting Nonepileptic Psychogenic Seizures | ||||||||
| XI. | Pregnancy & Epilepsy - Medical Management | January 2009 | ||||||
| XII. | Driving | January 2009 | ||||||
| References | January 2009 | |||||||
| Appendix A - Seizure Recognition and First Aid | January 2009 | |||||||
| Appendix B - AAN Guidelines - Counceling Women Who Plan Pregnancy | January 2009 | |||||||
| Appendix C - Nursing Student Case Studies (web link) | January 2009 | |||||||
| Appendix D - Epilepsy Reference Guide for Nurses | January 2009 | |||||||
| Appendix E - Case Studies | January 2009 | |||||||
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