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- Dictionaryseizure/ˈsiːʒə/
noun
- 1. the action of capturing someone or something using force: "the seizure of the Assembly building" Similar Opposite
- 2. a sudden attack of illness, especially a stroke or an epileptic fit: "the patient had a seizure" Similar
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4 days ago · epilepsy, chronic neurological disorder characterized by sudden and recurrent seizures which are caused by an absence or excess of signaling of nerve cells in the brain.
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5 days ago · As understanding of the pathophysiology of seizure types and syndromes evolves, so does the range of treatment options for managing this complex, lifelong, and often disabling disease. The materials available on this page include accredited activities, resources, and suggested reading.
3 days ago · Seizure can be defined as a sudden change in behavior, characterized by an alteration in sensory perception or motor activity. Seizures are caused by abnormal, excessive, and synchronous electrical firing in groups of neurons. Convulsion refers specifically to the motor manifestations of this abnormal electrical activity.
2 days ago · To define epilepsy simply, it is the occurrence of seizures due to different types of triggers. However, epilepsy is not the only condition characterised by the occurrence of seizures. This article discusses epilepsy and seizure differences and how to treat both. What are Seizures?
1 day ago · Phenobarbital is used in the treatment of all types of seizures, except absence seizures. [15] [16] It is no less effective at seizure control than phenytoin, but phenobarbital is not as well tolerated. [17] Phenobarbital may provide a clinical advantage over carbamazepine for treating partial onset seizures.
4 days ago · Background The objective of this study was to define clinically meaningful phenotypes of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) using machine learning. Methods We used patient data from two US medical centers and the Antihypertensive Treatment of Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage-II clinical trial. We used k-prototypes to partition patient admission data. We then used silhouette method calculations and elbow ...
2 days ago · Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy, SUDEP, is defined as, “the sudden, unexpected, witnessed or unwitnessed, non-traumatic, non-drowning death of a patient with epilepsy with or without evidence of seizure and excluding documented status epilepticus, in which postmortem examination does not reveal a toxicologic or anatomic cause for death” [1].
