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Semin Neurol 2020; 40(06): 606-616
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1718718
Review Article

Acute Seizures—Work-Up and Management in Children

Lubov Romantseva
1   Section of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Nan Lin
1   Section of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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Abstract

Seizures are common in the pediatric population; however, most children do not go on to develop epilepsy later in life. Selecting appropriate diagnostic modalities to determine an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment as well as with counseling families regarding the etiology and prognosis of seizures, is essential. This article will review updated definitions of seizures, including provoked versus unprovoked, as well as the International League Against Epilepsy operational definition of epilepsy. A variety of specific acute symptomatic seizures requiring special consideration are discussed, along with neonatal seizures and seizure mimics, which are common in pediatric populations.

Keywords

acute symptomatic seizures - febrile seizures - neonatal seizures - PNES - seizure mimics


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