A resource for the evaluation of a patient with a first time seizure or seizure mimic. Includes recommended workup and management, including whether to start an AED, as per the AAN guidelines. Includes a differential for seizure like spells.Albin, Catherine S. W....
Although ASM reduces seizure recurrence in the short term, it has little effect on long-term seizure remission. Studies have shown that ASM reduces the risk of seizure recurrence by ≈35% over the next 2 years; nonetheless, when follow-up time is prolonged to 8 years, there is no differenc...
first seizurelong‐term EEGMRIThis study was undertaken to establish whether advanced workup including long‐term electroencephalography (LT‐EEG) and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides an additional yield for the diagnosis of new onset epilepsy (NOE) in patients presenting with a first...