Epilepsy Case Studies: Pearls for Patient Care (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783030590802)

Cases

Neonatal onset-general (ie spasms)

Neonatal onset-focal (hyperglycinemia)

Febrile seizures

Childhood onset-general (CAE)

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Childhood onset-focal (BCECTS)

Adolescent onset-general (JME)

Adolescent onset-focal (unknown cause)

Stigmatization Effect (social consequences)

Physical and mental well-being (sports and education)

Physical Comorbidity (CP)

Mental Comorbidity (ADD/Austistic spectrum disorder)

Etiologies of a foreign tissue lesion

Head trauma

Precipitating factors (triggers)

Single seizure (treatment focus)

Drug cessation (treatment focus)

Epilepsy-adult (treatment focus)

Epilepsy-elderly (treatment focus)

Generic AEDs

Side effects

Drug interactions

Birth control

Hormonal replacement

Pregnancy (treatment focus)

Epileptic panic attacks (diagnosis)

Anxiety-Depression

Violence (frontal lobe seizures)

PNEA-women (diagnosis focus)

Drug-resistant-neurologically normal ("skip" surgery)

Drug-resistant-neurologically normal but complex (invasive EEG)

Drug-resistant surgical failure (treatment focus)

Work and disability

Memory loss

Status epilepticus-convulsive

SUDEP

Experimental therapies (treatment)

Alternative therapies (treatment)