Clinical Epilepsy
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Clinical Epilepsy Section Power Point Slides - Clinical Section Slides & Case Slides.
Spanish translations available.
The text of the "book" has been embedded into the notes section of the PowerPoint Slides.
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Slides | Revision Date | ||||||
| I. | Definitions & Epidemiology of Seizures and Epilepsy | 3 - 27 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. ILAE Classificatoin of Seizures | ||||||||
| B. Syndromes and Seizure Types | ||||||||
| C. Etiology of Seizure and Epilepsy | ||||||||
| AUDIO - Generalized Seizures Audio MP3 File | January 2009 | |||||||
| AUDIO - Complex Partial Audio MP3 File | ||||||||
| II. | Evaluation After the First Seizure | 28 - 37 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. Seizure Precipitants | ||||||||
| B. Metabolic Abnormalities | ||||||||
| C. EEG Abnormalities | ||||||||
| III. | Treatment | 38 - 68 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. Single-Seizure: Treat or Not | ||||||||
| B. Drug Choice | ||||||||
| 1. Monotherapy | ||||||||
| 2. Interactions | ||||||||
| 3. Adverse Effects | ||||||||
| 4. Comorbidities | ||||||||
| D. Dose Initiation & Monitoring | ||||||||
| E. Discontinuing Drugs | ||||||||
| F. Evaluation After Recurence | ||||||||
| IV. | Non-Drug Treatments | 69 - 71 | June 2010 | |||||
| V. | Epilepsy Surgery | 72 - 77 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. Indications | ||||||||
| B. Evaluation | ||||||||
| C. Treatments | ||||||||
| D. Outcomes | ||||||||
| VI. | Status Epilepticus Click here to view a brief PPT presentation with Audio  |
78 - 84 | June 2010 | |||||
| VII | Nonepileptic Seizures & Imitators of Epilepsy | 85 - 98 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. Physilogic | ||||||||
| B. Psychogenic | ||||||||
| C. Syncope | ||||||||
| VIII | Epilepsy Monitoring Units | 99 - 101 | June 2010 | |||||
| IX | SUDEP | 102 - 106 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. Epidemiology | ||||||||
| B. Risk Factors | ||||||||
| C. Recommendations | ||||||||
| X | Driving and First Aid | 107 - 108 | June 2010 | |||||
| XI | Pregnancy & Epilepsy - Medical Management | 109 - 118 | June 2010 | |||||
| XII | Neonatal Seizures | 119 - 122 | June 2010 | |||||
| XIII | Selected Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes | 123 - 126 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. Catastrophic Epilepsy Syndromes of Infancy & Early Childhood | ||||||||
| B. Febrile Convulsions | ||||||||
| C. Benign, Idopathic, Partial Epilepsy Syndromes | ||||||||
| D. Idopathic Generalized Epilepsy Syndromes | ||||||||
| XIV | Managing Pediatric Epilepsy | 127 - 128 | June 2010 | |||||
| A. AEDs - Pediatric Considerations | ||||||||
| B. Psychosocial Management | ||||||||
| C. Epilepsy Surgery | ||||||||
| References | ||||||||
| Appendix References for Nurses | 129 - 134 | June 2010 | ||||||
| A. Books | ||||||||
| B. Journals | ||||||||
| C. Networking | ||||||||
| D. Web sites | ||||||||
| E. Seizure Assessment Algorithm | ||||||||
| Appendix References for Neurologists | 135 - 141 | June 2010 | ||||||
| A. Epidemiology and Classification | ||||||||
| B. Evaluation of a 1st Seizure | ||||||||
| C. Antiepileptic Drugs | ||||||||
| D. Intractable Epilepsy & Epilepsy Surgery | ||||||||
| E. Management of Status Epilepticus | ||||||||
| Appendix ILAE Summary Guidelines | 142 & 148 | June 2010 | ||||||
| Appendix AAN's Recommendation Levels | 143 - 147 | June 2020 | ||||||
| Appendix E - Case Studies | separate | January 2009 | ||||||
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