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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... , Recreational drugs ... Infectious: Meningitis, Encephalitis ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... / Provoked Seizures ... • Sepsis • Encephalitis ... Uremia • Alcohol/drug ... Secondary #Provoked #Seizures
Do you start Anti-Epileptic Drugs (AEDs) on a first time seizure?

SHINE Mnemonic:
 • first seizure occurred
on a first time seizure ... Mnemonic: • first seizure ... identified on neuro-Imaging ... #Seizure #FirstTime ... Initiation #start #Algorithm
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
HSV encephalitis ... and lowers the seizure ... would cause harm ... is proposed: #Management ... #Meningitis #Encephalitis