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Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs ... ) on a first time ... seizure? ... seizure occurred ... Antiepileptics #Drugs #Seizure
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... personality change, seizures ... complaints or seizures ... aphasia, and/or seizures
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Movement disorders, Seizure ... autoantibodies that will cause ... Erythematosus #SLE #CNS ... #neurology #rheumatology
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment ... for reversible cause ... FIRST-LINE AGENTS ... is available or seizure ... #seizures #ACEP
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Headache • Seizures ... • Headache • Seizures ... Constipation, Seizures ... • Treatment of ... 2-3 mEq/L • Seizures
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
patients who have treatment-resistant ... 50% following first-pass ... Clozapine is known to cause ... neutropenia - seizures ... Toxicity #Diagnosis #Pharmacology
Medications Used in the Abortive Treatment of Ongoing Seizure Activity in the Emergency Department

INITIAL THERAPY
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of Ongoing Seizure ... Phenytoin - May cause ... #Abortive #Seizure ... #Medications #Neurology ... #Pharmacology #
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
low glucose) CNS ... Nausea & vomiting ... Seizure/FND can ... Standard treatment ... death during the first