Delanty Seizures

Medical Causes and Management
2002
ISBN: 978-1-59259-094-0
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Current Clinical Practice

Seizures are frightening events. They frighten the patients who experience them; they frighten those who witness them; they also frighten many physicians who have to deal with them. Most individuals with seizures present to family physicians or to emergency room physicians. However, despite the fact that seizures are among the most common neurological conditions, most general practitioners, family practice specialists, and intemists do not see large numbers of patients with seizures. Given the apoplectic appearance of generalized tonic clonic convulsions, it is not difficult to understand why they arouse such emotional responses in those that experience them, those that witness them, and those whose care is sought for them. Seizures are symptoms of something wrong with the brain. Many different kinds of perturbations in brain anatomy, chemistry, or physiology can produce seizures. For many individuals, seizures occur in the context of an acute illness and will not recur once that illness is treated. These individuals do not have epilepsy. They have transient disturbances in brain function attributable to systemic medical conditions. It is important to recognize these issues, because, first, the seizure may be the initial, or even only, manifestation of the underlying medical problem and this needs to be recognized.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delanty, Norman

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Definitions and Epidemiology Norman Delanty Pathophysiology of Acute Symptomatic Seizures Carl J. Vaughan and Norman Delanty Seizures in Acute Neurological Disorders Peter B. Crino Seizures in Multisystem Disease Affecting the Nervous System Joerg-Patrick Stübgen Seizures and Organ Failure Jane Boggs Seizures and Electrolyte Imbalance Alvaro R. Gutierrez and Jack E. Riggs Seizures and Endocrine Disorders Cormac A. O'Donovan and Ramel A. Carlos Seizures, Fever, and Systemic Infection Kevin Murphy and Henry Fraimow Medication-Associated Seizures Paul A. Garcia and Brian K. Alldredge Alcohol and Seizures Gail D'Onofrio, Andrew S. Ulrich, and Niels K. Rathlev Seizures and Illicit Drug Use John C. M. Brust Seizures Attributable to Environmental Toxins Fernando Cendes Seizures in Cancer Patients Myrna R. Rosenfeld and Josep Dalmau Seizures Associated with Hypoxic-Ischemic Cardiopulmonary Disorders Muredach Reilly Seizures, Hypertension, and Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Norman Delanty and Carl J. Vaughan Seizures Following Organ Transplantation Jane Boggs Seizures and Syncope Suneet Mittal and Bruce B. Lerman Seizures in the Tropics Nimal Senanayake Seizures in the ICU Patient Michael M. Frucht and Thomas P. Bleck Status Epilepticus in the Critically Ill Michael C. Smith and Michele Del Signore Anticonvulsants in Acute Medical Illness Colin Roberts and Jacqueline A. French