Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm Infantile: • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy • West Syndrome • Dravet Syndrome Generalized Epilepsies: • Childhood Absence Epilepsy • Myoclonic Absence Epilepsy • Juvenile Absence Epilepsy • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy • Lennox Gastaut Syndrome Focal Epilepsies: • Rolandic Epilepsy • Panayiotopoulas Syndrome • Landau-Kleffner Syndrome Provoked - Drugs: • Drug overdose • Alcohol Withdrawal • Poisoning Provoked - Infection: • Febrile Seizures • Sepsis • Meningitis • Encephalitis Provoked - Metabolic: • Hypoglycemia • Hyperglycemia • Hypocalcemia • Hyponatremia Provoked - Structural: • Head Injury • Stroke • Tumours • Congenital Abnormality • Tuberous Sclerosis • Sturge-Weber Syndrome Neonates and Infant Spells: • Benign Sleep Myoclonus • Shuddering attacks • Infantile Colic • Sandifer Syndrome Older Infants and Toddler Spells: • Breath-holding spells • Benign Paroxysmal Vertigo • Benign Paroxysmal Torticollis • Night Terrors Childhood and Adolescents Spells: • Daydreaming • Syncope • Migraine-variants • Panic Attack • Transient Ischemic Attack • Narcolepsy • Cataplexy #Seizures #Epilepsy #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
