The first seizure and its management in adults and children

This review presents a comprehensive approach to children and adults with a first seizure, an event that may have profound emotional, social, and vocational consequences. A first "grand mal" convulsion is frightening, yet prospective, population-based studies indicate that all persons face...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 2006-02, Vol.332 (7537), p.339-342
Hauptverfasser:	Pohlmann-Eden, Bernd, Beghi, Ettore, Camfield, Carol, Camfield, Peter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Adults Anticonvulsants Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Child Children Clinical Review Convulsions & seizures Diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Disease management Electroencephalography Epilepsy Etiology General aspects Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical sciences Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes) Neurology Pediatrics Risk Factors Secondary Prevention Seizures Seizures - diagnosis Seizures - etiology Seizures - therapy Sleep deprivation Syndrome Treatment
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Zusammenfassung:	This review presents a comprehensive approach to children and adults with a first seizure, an event that may have profound emotional, social, and vocational consequences. A first "grand mal" convulsion is frightening, yet prospective, population-based studies indicate that all persons face an 8-10% lifetime risk of one seizure and a 3% chance of epilepsy.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 0959-535X 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.332.7537.339