OBJECTIVE To investigate the sleep/wake, day/night, and 24-h periodicity of pediatric evolution to generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTC). METHODS Charts of 407 consecutive patients aged 0-21 years undergoing continuous video-EEG monitoring for epilepsy were reviewed for the presence of GTC evolution. Seizures were characterized according to 2001 ILAE terminology. Charts were reviewed for EE...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to apply a real-time algorithm for clonic neonatal seizures detection, based on a low complexity image processing approach extracting the differential average luminance from videotaped body movements. METHODS 23 video-EEGs from 12 patients containing 78 electrographically confirmed neonatal seizures of clonic type were reviewed and all movements were divided...

A series of 140 previously untreated patients with tonic-clonic or partial seizures were randomised to receive either phenytoin or sodium valproate. There was no difference between the treatment groups in pretreatment variables that might influence outcome. Sodium valproate and phenytoin in the treatment of tonic-clonic or partial seizures showed no difference in efficacy as regards time to two...

Seizure episode is most common in males than females this study. Among the males, age group of 21-40 years affecting with seizures. Major occurrence seizure when patient awake state. Most around 80% study presented single seizure. Generalized Tonic Clonic form Infection and inflammation were cause Neurocysticercosis under infectious seizure, followed by tuberculomas. Ischemia second Incidence m...

Increased worldwide use for paediatric anaesthesia of the volatile anaesthetic agent sevoflurane has mainly resulted from its low blood-gas partition coefficient and low airway irritability, providing smooth conditions for rapid induction of anaesthesia. Nevertheless, there are several clinical and experimental reports suggesting a correlation between exposure to sevoflurane and generalized clo...

INTRODUCTION PRINCIPLES FOR TERMS AND DEFINITIONS DATA SOURCES I GENERAL TERMS 1.0 SEMIOLOGY 2.0 EPILEPTIC SEIZURE 3.0 ICTUS 4.0 EPILEPSY 5.0 FOCAL 6.0 GENERALIZED 7.0 CONVULSION II TERMS DESCRIBING EPILEPTIC SEIZURE SEMIOLOGY 1.0 MOTOR 1.1 ELEMENTARY MOTOR 1.1.1 TONIC 1.1.1.1 EPILEPTIC SPASM 1.1.1.2 POSTURAL 1.1.1.2.1 VERSIVE 1.1.1.2.2 DYSTONIC 1.1.2 MYOCLONIC 1.1.2.1 NEGATIVE MYOCLONIC 1.1.2....

UNLABELLED Idiopathic generalised epilepsy (IGE) is subdivided into syndromes based on clinical and EEG features. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to characterise all cases of IGE with supportive EEG abnormalities in terms of gender differences, seizure types reported, IGE syndromes, family history of epilepsy and EEG findings. We also calculated the limited duration prevalence of IGE in our...

lamotrigine has been used widely in the treatment of partial and secondary generalized seizures. in this study use of lamotrigine as monotherapy for the newly diagnosed primary generalized tonic–clonic seizure has been investigated and compared with carbamazepine. after dose escalation (3 weeks for carbamazepine and 6 weeks for lamotrigin), patients were followed every 4 weeks for the first 16 ...