conclusions if seizure occurs during the peripartum period, along with providing complete cardiovascular and respiratory support, advanced diagnostic measures are needed and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis should be considered as a possible diagnosis. introduction seizure involves less than 1% of pregnancies; however it is associated with increased maternal and fetal complications. cerebral ve...

Introduction: Electrical low-frequency stimulation (LFS) has antiepileptic effect, but the role of different stimulation parameters on this effect has not been determined. In this study the effect of different LFS parameters (intensity, pulse duration and train duration) on piriform-cortex kindled seizures was investigated. Methods: Seizure was produced in animals using kindling model of ep...

UNLABELLED This study was designed to describe the course of epilepsy (in terms of seizure frequency) and to assess the variables (antiepileptic therapy regimens and others) correlated to improvement. Seizure frequency (categories: seizure free, more than one seizure/year, monthly seizures, weekly seizures and daily seizures) and antiepileptic medication were retrospectively compared between 19...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the probability of bacterial meningitis presenting with a first simple febrile seizure or complex febrile seizure without any conspicuous signs of meningitis. Methods: This was a record based cross-sectional study of 564 patients of 6-24 months of age and was evaluated in a paediatric emergency department between 2007 and 2013 for their first febrile...

In this paper, we present a new method based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for classification of seizure and seizure-free EEG signals. The EMD method decomposes the EEG signal into a set of narrow-band amplitude and frequency modulated (AM-FM) components known as intrinsic mode functions (IMFs). The method proposes the use of the area parameter and mean frequency estimation of IMFs in t...

Background Seizures are one of the most common causes pediatric admissions to hospitals in children. This study aims identify clinical profile and outcome first seizures Methods Children who presented neurology outpatient clinic emergency service with a first-time seizure aged month through 18 years old were enrolled study. At time study, children categorized into three groups according charact...

To cite: Yokoyama T, Yamada S, Doichi N, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-008644 DESCRIPTION A previously healthy 2-year-old boy presented to our hospital with seizure. He had fever, diarrhoea and vomiting for 2 days before admission. His seizure continued for 2 min and was accompanied by loss of consciousness and tonic seizure. His sei...

BACKGROUND Changes in levels of trace elements have been proposed to underlie febrile seizures. Particularly, low zinc levels have been proposed as related factor of febrile seizure. In this study, we investigated whether mean serum zinc levels differed between children with febrile seizure and afebrile seizure. METHODS Using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, serum zinc levels wer...

Commentary Efforts to predict impending seizures before they actually occur have been the focus of extensive lines of research over decades. Successful seizure prediction would offer the possibility of immediate treatment to preempt the seizure, as well as to provide an opportunity for the patient to take precautionary measures and reduce risk. There is even evidence that simply reducing the un...