Differences in cognitive side-effects and seizure parameters between thiopental and propofol narcosis in ECTPROPOFOLELECTROCONVULSIVE therapySEIZURES (Medicine)AGE distributionCATATONIAACQUISITION of dataIntroduction: The standard anaesthetic for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in our hospital...
Side Effects of the Medicine All antiseizure medicines haveside effects, which can be divided into “non-life-threatening and reversible” versus “potentially life-threatening and often not reversible.” Fortunately the life-threatening and not reversible ones are rare!
many children prevent seizures by taking regular medication. Approximately 70% to 80% of children can control their condition completely with medicine. If your child has seizures that still occur sporadically with medication, discuss their situation with your school staff so your child can safely con...
Treatment guidelines for migraines include medicine, pain management, diet changes, avoiding foods that trigger migraines, staying hydrated, getting adequate sleep, and exercising regularly. Prevention of migraine triggers include getting regular exercise, drinking water daily, reducing stress, and avoiding...
Edward H.Maa,Richard L.Hughes, inClinical Critical Care Medicine, 2006 Nonepileptic Seizures Surprisingly,psychogenic nonepileptic seizures(NES) occasionally enter the differential in theICUpatient. Unfortunately, unresponsiveness and lack of movement are the major presentations in this situation. More tell...
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. ep·i·lep·sy (ep'i-lep'sē) A chronic disorder characterized by paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to excessive neuronal discharge, and usually associated with some alteration of consciousness. The clin...
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. sei·zure (sē'zhŭr) 1. An attack; the sudden onset of a disease or of certain symptoms. 2. An epileptic attack. Synonym(s): convulsion (2) . [O. Fr. seisir, to grasp, fr. ...
The many different faces of major depression: It is time for personalized medicine First line antidepressants are the so-called SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), e.g. fluvoxamine, fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine and esci... S.,Mechiel,Korte,... - 《European Journal of Pharmacol...
medicine management seizure safety epipal runs in the background and monitors sensors in your loved one’s phone and/or watch and attempts to detect convulsions associated with tonic clonic seizures, and different types of falls. when an emergency situation is suspected, an alarm is triggered, ...
Step 2: Hold the nasal spray device. Hold the nasal spray device with your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and your first and middle fingers on either side of the nozzle. Be careful not to press the plunger yet, because this will release the medicine too soon. ...