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Common Seizure Disorders in Kids

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Disorder Type
Disorder
Characteristics
Treatment
Generalized (non focal)     the entire brain is affected resulting in loss of consciouness    
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Generalized   Tonic/Clonic (Grand mal)   blue, shaking, fall on the ground, vomit, urinate   Monotherapy: Depakote (the only drug that really works, but it chews up the bone, so you have to be careful). Adjunctive therapy: Topamax  
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Generalized   Absence (Petit mal)   Hard to catch, spacie, staring   (blank)  
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Generalized   Myoclonic   jerk, kid looks like he's startled   (blank)  
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Generalized   Atonic   Drop, they fall   (blank)  
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Generalized   Infantile Spasms   shaking, turning blue - need immediate referral   (blank)  
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Partial   (blank)   only a portion of the brain is affected   Monotherapy: Tegretol, Trelptal, Depakote, Dilatin. Adjunct Therapy: Lamictal, Topamx, Keprra, Zonegram, Neurontin  
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Partial   Simple partial   consciousness is unimpaired   (blank)  
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Partial   Complex partial   consciousness is impaired   (blank)  
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Partial   Secondary generalized   Starts from a small area (focal portion) of the brain then spreads to the entire brain   Monotherapy: Tegretol, Trileptal, Lamictal, depakote, Dilantin. Adjunctive: Topamax, Keppra, Zonegran, Neurontin  
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Generalized   Absence   multiple brief staring episode may have 100 per day. Age of onset differs, may be brought on by hyperventilation. may disappear by teens   Ethosuximide, Depakote (divalproex sodium), lamictal, and clonazepam  
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(blank)   Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy   usually healthy teen who either wakes up with jerking in the early am, has staring spells or has General tonic Clonic upon wakening. Gets worse when tired. Life Long   Depakote, lamictal, clonazepam. Will need life long treatment  
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Generalized   Generalized Myoclonic Astatic   may see pts with infantile spasms. Laughing spells (gelastic seizures). Developmental delays   No 100% certain way to use these drugs. With any drug want most efficacious with least side effect  
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True or false. 1/3 of children who have cerebral palsy and moderate severe mental retardation develop epilepsy   True   (blank)   (blank)  
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(blank)   (blank)   Start slow (5 mg QOD) b/c of rash (they get Steven's Johnson's bad)..best for planning a pregancy and pregancy   Lamictal  
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(blank)   (blank)   may decrease bone density, causes thrombocytopenia. Nephrotoxic. Do consistent blood draws   Depakote  
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(blank)   (blank)   Not many drug-drug interactions. May be good for elderly with polypharmarcy. May unmaks underlying mental illness   Keppra  
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(blank)   (blank)   Effective, yet significant cognitive slowing in adults and kids. (Great drugs, but the kids are dopie, kids can't think)   Phenobarbital  
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(blank)   (blank)   May cause renal stones   Topamax (aka dopamax)  
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(blank)   (blank)   May cause renal stones - push PO fluids   Zonegran  
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(blank)   (blank)   Can reduce efficacy of OCPs. Often see leukopenia and hyponatremia, children have had severe behavior and mood changes   Tegretol  
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(blank)   (blank)   Can reduce efficacy of OCPs. Oral hygeiene essential. Children have had severe behavior and mood changes   Dilantin  
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