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Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Epilepsy Seizure ... - Absence seizures ... - Tonic seizures ... #Types #Classification ... #Neurology #Differential
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... Generalized seizures ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Signs #Symptoms #Comparison
Classification of Neonatal Seizures
Subtle 
Clonic 
 - Focal 
 - Multifocal 
Tonic 
 - Focal
Classification of ... Neonatal Seizures ... Generalized #Neonatal #Seizures ... #Classification ... Peds #Pediatrics #Neurology
ILAE Classification of Seizure Types
 - Focal Onset
 - Generalized Onset
 - Unknown Onset
 - Unclassified

SCVMC
ILAE Classification ... of Seizure Types ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Seizure ... #Types #ILAE #Classification ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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• Aphasia • Apraxia ... Asterognosia • Seizures ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia ... #Hemiplegia #Neurology
Gait Abnormalities Illustrated
 • Spastic paraparetic gait
 • Parkinsonian gait
 • Cerebellar ataxic gait
 • Frontal
• Cerebellar ataxic ... Abnormalities #comparison ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Secondary / Provoked Seizures ... Degenerative • Dementia ... Secondary #Provoked #Seizures ... #Neurology #Differential
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
functions - Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... atrophy Vascular Dementia ... Differential #Subtypes #Classification
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
dysfunction: myoclonic seizure ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
is to separate seizures ... The type of seizure ... Focal seizures: ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #ILAE2017 #Classification