Seizures - Therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Tonic and atonic seizures: what's next--VNS or callosotomy?

30 Aug 2009 Medically intractable tonic and atonic seizures may be responsive to either vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) or corpus callosum section. VNS has been shown to be effective and is associated with very low morbidity. Callosotomy is a more ambitious ... Read more...

Treatment of seizures in multiple sclerosis.

6 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Epileptic seizures occur in only a minority of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but can have serious consequences. The available literature suggests an association of seizures in MS with cortical and subcortical demyelinating ... Read more...

Adolescent and caregiver experiences with epilepsy.

29 Apr 2009 Epilepsy during adolescence can impede the development of psychosocial independence and typical biological maturational processes. We examined in parallel the experiences and perceptions of adolescent patients with epilepsy and their caregivers. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Seizures - Therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Tonic and atonic seizures: what's next--VNS or callosotomy? 30 Aug 2009
• Treatment of seizures in multiple sclerosis. 6 Jul 2009
• Early use of lipid emulsion to treat incipient mepivacaine intoxication. 29 Apr 2009
• Immediate lipid emulsion therapy in the successful treatment of bupivacaine systemic toxicity. 29 Apr 2009
• Case reports: unstylish but still useful sources of clinical information. 29 Apr 2009
• Adolescent and caregiver experiences with epilepsy. 29 Apr 2009
• Cerebral edema, altered mental status, seizures, acute stroke, leptomeningeal metastases, and paraneoplastic syndrome. 29 Apr 2009
• A cluster of children with seizures caused by camphor poisoning. 29 Apr 2009
• Oxytocin infusion: acute hyponatraemia, seizures and coma. 25 Apr 2009
• The presentation and clinical course of intracranial developmental venous anomalies in adults: a systematic review and prospective, population-based study. 21 Apr 2009
• Low birth weight as a risk factor for seizure following acute subdural hematoma. 16 Apr 2009
• Endotoxin-like reaction following once-daily gentamicin. 13 Apr 2009
• Comorbidities in pediatric epilepsy: beyond "just'' treating the seizures. 6 Apr 2009
• Are the dichotomies generalized versus focal epilepsies and idiopathic versus symptomatic epilepsies still valid in modern epileptology? 4 Apr 2009
• Localized delivery of fibroblast growth factor-2 and brain-derived neurotrophic factor reduces spontaneous seizures in an epilepsy model. 4 Apr 2009
• [Dissociative seizures: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge on the borderline between psychiatry and neurology] 30 Mar 2009
• Recurrence of cardiotoxicity after lipid rescue from bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest. 30 Mar 2009
• Two newly proposed infectious encephalitis/encephalopathy syndromes. 29 Mar 2009
• Acute encephalitis with refractory, repetitive partial seizures. 24 Mar 2009
• [Neonatal seizures caused by lamotrigin withdrawal?] 22 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Seizures'

Definition: Clinical or subclinical disturbances of cortical function due to a sudden, abnormal, excessive, and disorganized discharge of brain cells. Clinical manifestations include abnormal motor, sensory and psychic phenomena. Recurrent seizures are usually referred to as EPILEPSY or "seizure disorder."

Descriptor UI: D012640

Alternative terms: Seizures; Seizure; Seizures, Visual; Seizure, Visual; Visual Seizure; Visual Seizures; Convulsive Seizures; Convulsive Seizure; Seizure, Convulsive; Seizures, Motor; Motor Seizure; Motor Seizures; Seizure, Motor; Seizures, Convulsive; Jacksonian Seizure; Seizure, Jacksonian; Seizures, Auditory; Auditory Seizure; Auditory Seizures; Seizure, Auditory; Seizures, Clonic; Clonic Seizure; Clonic Seizures; Seizure, Clonic; Seizures, Focal; Focal Seizure; Focal Seizures; Seizure, Focal; Seizures, Generalized; Generalized Seizure; Generalized Seizures; Seizure, Generalized; Seizures, Gustatory; Gustatory Seizure; Gustatory Seizures; Seizure, Gustatory; Seizures, Olfactory; Olfactory Seizure; Olfactory Seizures; Seizure, Olfactory; Convulsion, Non-Epileptic; Convulsion, Non Epileptic; Convulsions, Non-Epileptic; Non-Epileptic Convulsion; Non-Epileptic Convulsions; Seizures, Somatosensory; Seizure, Somatosensory; Somatosensory Seizure; Somatosensory Seizures; Seizures, Tonic; Seizure, Tonic; Tonic Seizure; Tonic Seizures; Seizures, Tonic-Clonic; Seizure, Tonic-Clonic; Seizures, Tonic Clonic; Tonic-Clonic Seizure; Tonic-Clonic Seizures; Seizures, Vertiginous; Seizure, Vertiginous; Vertiginous Seizure; Vertiginous Seizures; Seizures, Vestibular; Seizure, Vestibular; Vestibular Seizure; Vestibular Seizures; Seizures, Sensory; Seizure, Sensory; Sensory Seizure; Sensory Seizures; Convulsions; Convulsion;

Related Mesh Headings: Anticonvulsants; Convulsants; Eclampsia; Epilepsy; Kindling, Neurologic;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.490.631; C10.597.742; C23.888.592.742;

History Note: 1979; for CONVULSIVE SEIZURES & SEIZURES, CONVULSIVE use CONVULSIONS 1998-1999; for JACKSONIAN SEIZURE use EPILEPSY, PARTIAL 1992-1999

Technical Notes: note other specific seizure terms in MeSH; audiogenic or acoustic seizures = REFLEX EPILEPSY, AUDIOGENIC