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wk#2 chapter 16
pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| *absence seizure | Generalized seizure that does not involve motor convulsions;also referred to as peti mal. |
| *anticolvulsant | Drug usually administered IV that stops a convulsive seizure |
| *Antiepileptic drug | Drug usually administered orally to prevent epileptic seizures |
| Atonic Seizure | Generalized-type seizure characterized by a sudden loss of muscle tone. |
| Clonic | Convulsive muscle contraction in which rigidity and relaxation alternate in rapid succession. |
| Convulsion | Involuntary muscle contraction that is either tonic or clonic |
| Epilepsy | CNS disorder characterized by uncontrolled nerve discharges and manifested by recurring, spontaneous seizures of any type |
| Generalized seizures | Seizure originating and involving both certebral hemisphere that may be either convulsive or |
| Grand mal | Older term for a generalized seizure charachterized by full-body tonic and clonic motor convulsions |
| Myoclonic | Generalized seizures that are usually brief and often confined to one part of the body |
| *Patial Seizure | Seizure originating in one area of the brain that may spread to other areas |
| Seizure | Abnormal discharge of brain neurons that causes alteration behavior and/or motor activity |
| *Status epilepticus | Continuous series of generalized tonic and clonic seizures, a medical emergency requiring immediate treatment |
| Tonic | Convulsive muscle contraction characterized by sustained muscular contractions |
| *Tonic-clonic | Generalized seizure characterized by full-body tonic and clonic convulsions and loss of consciousness. |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid, an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS |
| types of seizures for DILANTIN | Anticonvulsants, tonic-clonic, status epilepticus, complex partial seizures |
| types of seizures for LORAZEPAM | Status epilepticus seizures |
| types of seizures for GABAPENTIN | Partial seizures |
| types of seizures for ETHOSUXIMIDE | Absence seizures |
| types of seizures for DIAZEPAM | Tonic-clonic, status epilecticus, seizures that already in progress |
| types of seizures for CARBAMAZEPINE | Tonic-clonic |
| types of seizures for LACOSAMIDE | Partial seizures |
| types of seizures for FELBAMATE | Partial seizures |
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