Surgical Treatment
Surgical Treatment In the last decade, considerable work has been dedicated to epilepsy surgery in young patients. At least in specialized centers, epilepsy surgery in children is no longer considered…
Medical Treatment
Medical Treatment The propensity of individuals with epilepsy to have seizures varies considerably from patient to patient and in the same patient at different times. In most patients, the increased…
General Principles of Management
General Principles of Management The management of epilepsy can be conceived only as a global therapeutic strategy applied to individual patients. The management of the epilepsies of childhood has a…
General Aspects of Prognosis
General Aspects of Prognosis The prognosis for children with epileptic seizures depends largely on the type of epilepsy syndrome responsible for the attacks. Throughout this book, the concept that different…
Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis
Diagnosis and Differential Diagnosis POSITIVE DIAGNOSIS History Taking “Careful and detailed history taking remains the cornerstone of accurate diagnosis” (O’Donohoe, 1985). History taking should be performed in a methodical and…
Epilepsy as the Presenting Manifestation of Structural Brain Lesions
Epilepsy as the Presenting Manifestation of Structural Brain Lesions Although epilepsy can be caused by a host of brain lesions of congenital or acquired origin, these causes are not reviewed…
Posttraumatic Seizures and Posttraumatic Epilepsy
Posttraumatic Seizures and Posttraumatic Epilepsy Epilepsy develops in a small proportion of head-injured patients. Head trauma caused by street or traffic accidents is increasingly common in infancy, childhood, and adolescence,…
Stimulus-Sensitive Epilepsies
Stimulus-Sensitive Epilepsies Epileptic seizures are paroxysmal events, and many, if not most, are likely precipitated by known or unknown factors acting on a central nervous system (CNS) that is predisposed…
Status Epilepticus
Status Epilepticus Status epilepticus (SE) is defined as “an epileptic seizure that is sufficiently prolonged or repeated at sufficiently brief intervals so as to produce an unvarying and enduring epileptic…
