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1
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Percentage of the population that will have at least one seizure ?

A

5-10%

2
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The highest incidence of seizures occurs in ?

A

Early Childhood and Late Adulthood

3
Q

Focal Seizures are usually associated with ?

A

Structural Abnormalities of the brain

4
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3 Characteristics of focal seizures ?

A

Jacksonian march
Todd’s paralysis
Epilepsia Partiallis Continua (often refractory to medical therapy)

5
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Examples of automatisms

A

chewing,lip smacking,swallowing, or more elaborate behaviors e.g running or display of emotion

6
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Absence seizures are usually accompanied by ?

A

Subtle, bilateral motor signs such as rapid blinking,chewing movements, or small-amplitude,clonic movements of the hands

7
Q

Tonic Contraction of the laryngeal and expiratory muscles at the onset of generalized seizures may produce ?

A

A loud moan or ictal cry

8
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Define Hypsarrhythmia (EEG correlate of epileptic spams)

A

Hypsarrhythmia consists of diffuse,giant slow waves with a chaotic background of irregular,mutlifocal spikes and sharp waves

9
Q

Patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy may also experience ?

A

Generalized tonic-clonic seizures and up to 1/3 have absence seizures

10
Q

Febrile Seizures usually occur between … and have a peak incidence between … ?

A

3 months and 5 years , 18 and 24 months

11
Q

Complex febrile seizures are characterized by ?

A

Repeated seizure activity, duration >15 minutes, or by focal features

12
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Which disease may account for appr. 50% of new cases of epilepsy in patients >65 years

A

Cerebrovascual disease,including subdural hematoma

13
Q

Penicillin lowers the seizure threshold in humans by which mechanism ?

A

β-lactam ring associated antagonism of GABA at its receptor

14
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Certain behaviors associated with psychogenic rather than epileptic seizures ?

A

pelvic thrusting,side-to-side turning of the head, asymmetric and large-amplitude shaking limb movements

15
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Measurement of which serum marker may help to distinguish between epileptic and psychogenig seizures ?

A

Prolactin (during the immediate 30-min postictal period)

16
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Generally accepted risk factors associated with reccurent seizures include (5) ?

A
Abnormal Neurologic Examination
Seizures presenitng as Status Epilepticus
Postictal Todd's paralysis
Strong Family History of Seizures
Abnormal EEG
17
Q

Important side effect of lamotrigine ?

A

Skin rash that may lead to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome if unrecognized

18
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A significant number of patients taking levetiracetam complain of… ?

A

Anxiety, irritability and other psychiatric symptoms

19
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Approximately what percentage of epileptics do not respond to treatment with a single antiepileptic drug ?

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One-Third

20
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Approximately what percentage of patients treated with temporal lobectomy become seizure free ?

A

70% (another 15-25% will have at least a 90% reduction in seizure frequency)