Episode Description
In this episode, Amy Brooks-Kayal, MD, discusses acute seizure management. The conversation includes the importance of gathering a detailed history of a seizure event, identifying provocations of a seizure and options for anti-seizure and rescue medications.
Dr. Brooks-Kayal is the Chief of the Pediatric Neurology, Co-Director of the Translational Epilepsy Research Program and past president of the American Epilepsy Society.
In this episode:
- Responding to a patient's first seizure
- Importance of a detailed history of a seizure event
- Identifying provocations of a seizure
- Neurological examination
- Focal onset versus a generalized seizure
- Chances of seizure reoccurrence
- Anti-seizure and rescue medications
- Managing the anxiety of families
- Basic seizure safety
- Current research into pediatric epilepsy
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