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Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
Generalized Seizures ... caused by a toxic ... and metabolic causes ... Pseudoseizures #GrandMal #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
Classification of Neonatal Seizures
Subtle 
Clonic 
 - Focal 
 - Multifocal 
Tonic 
 - Focal
Classification of ... Neonatal Seizures ... Generalized #Neonatal #Seizures ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Neurology
The first step is to separate seizures by how they begin in the brain. The type
by how they begin ... , and possible causes ... Now the term generalized ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #ILAE2017 #Classification
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Causes of Primary ... Epileptic Seizures ... Epileptic #Epilepsy #Seizures ... #Neurology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Causes of Unprovoked ... Pediatric Seizures ... Epilepsy #Unprovoked #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Eclampsia, Prophyria #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... / Provoked Seizures ... Secondary #Provoked #Seizures ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... Protein > 80 - Seizure ... complex febrile seizure ... ) #Diagnosis #Peds ... #EM #Classification
Hypertension in Pregnancy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pre-existing Hypertension - Before Pregnancy OR <20 weeks gestational age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pre-existing ... (> 0.3 g/24hr urine ... Pre-Eclampsia + Seizures ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infection: • Febrile Seizures ... Cataplexy #Seizures ... #Algorithm #Causes