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The vital first ten minutes: Apgar scores and risks of cerebral palsy and epilepsy
#APGAR #pediatrics #peds
cerebral palsy and epilepsy ... pediatrics #peds #cerebralpalsy ... #epilepsy #newborns
TYPES OF CEREBRAL PALSY AND AREAS OF BRAIN DAMAGE INVOLVED 
Hemiplegia 
Diplegia 
Quadriplegia 
Athetoid
Dystonic 
Ataxic
Dystonic Ataxic #CereberalPalsy
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Pediatric Seizures - Epilepsy ... • Benign Focal Epilepsy ... Childhood Absence Epilepsy ... Juvenile Absence Epilepsy ... : • Rolandic Epilepsy
Motor Syndromes of Cerebral Palsy:

Spastic Hemiplegia, Spastic diplegia, Spastic quadriplegia (‘total body involvement’), Athetoid (extrapyramidal, dyskinetic)

#Diagnosis
Diagnosis #Neurology #CerebralPalsy
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
• Benign Focal Epilepsy ... Childhood Absence Epilepsy ... Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy ... Juvenile Absence Epilepsy ... : • Rolandic Epilepsy
Therapeutic Indications for the Anticonvulsant Agents

#Anticonvulsant #Antiseizure #Medications #Pharmacology #Table #Neurology #Epilepsy #Management
Table #Neurology #Epilepsy
Epilepsy Seizure Types - Generalized vs Focal

Generalized Seizures
 - Absence seizures 
 - Myoclonic seizures
Epilepsy Seizure
Americal Epilepsy Society - Proposed treatment algorithm for status epilepticus.

#Management #Neurology #Status #Epilepticus #Refractory #Seizures #AES
Americal Epilepsy
BEHIND - Stroke Mimics Mnemonic
Brain: Mass, Hemorrhage, Contusion
Epilepsy: Post Ictal State, 
Hyponatremia, Hypogycemia
Intoxication, Infection
Neuro: Migraine, Multiple
Hemorrhage, Contusion Epilepsy
Status Epilepticus Pharmacotherapy Guide

 • Phenytoin and Fosphenytoin
 • Valproate Sodium
 • Levetiracetam
 • Lacosamide
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neurology #management #epilepsy