These decisions are not straightforward and currently no clear guidelines exist to guide management in this area. We outline our current practice which is based on the evidence available on risks of seizure recurrence, and on our own experience. Most ASS only need short term therapy (up to 3 ...
Age older than 80 years, previous stroke in diabetic individuals, and concomitant epileptic seizure were not regarded as absolute contraindications. Patients who were able to communicate were asked for informed consent for STEMO-specific care before tPA was given. In accordance with ethics approval ...
Similarly, exercise was shown to protect against seizure-induced oxidative injury by inhibiting ROS generation in both the brain and skeletal muscles of rats [9]. Thus, targeting and suppressing oxidative stress could be valuable in the management of epileptic seizures and in the attenuation of epi...
Cannon, "Acute coronary syndromes: diagnosis and management," Part I. Seizure-Associated ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Absence of Plaque Rupture This case underscores the importance of OCT in clarifying the diagnosis in patients with acute coronary syndromes and angiographically nonobstructive coro...
We utilized the Neurocritical Care Society’s Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Status Epilepticus to define status epilepticus as “five minutes or more of (i) continuous clinical and/or electrographic seizure activity or (ii) recurrent clinical unmonitored seizure activity without ...
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Considering headache or seizure patients among this 66%, it was deemed 40% would have benefited from neurology input.2 A rapid access neurology service and headache guideline were developed in response to this identified issue.2 The management of acute headache is complex; for example, in a ...
Acute encephalopathy with reduced subcortical diffusion (AED), characterised by seizure onset and widespread reduced apparent diffusion coefficient in the cortex/subcortical white matter, is one of the most common acute encephalopathies in children in East Asia. This 14-year single-centre retrospective ...
11 Finally, a meta-analysis of neurological manifestations in SARS-CoV-2 infection in children found that fatigue/myalgia was most prevalent (14%) followed by acute encephalopathy (13%), with a lower headache and seizure prevalence than we observed at 4% and 3%, respectively.15 Differences in...
Introduction Rest has long been considered the cornerstone of concussion management,1 and pediatric guidelines universally recommend an initial period of cognitive and physical rest following a concussion.1,2 Cognitive rest recommendations include modification of school attendance and mental activities.1 Physi...