Seizures
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See also non-seizure movement
 disorders                      <N-Mvt.TXT>

Anticonvulsants                 <D-SZ.TXT>

Evaluation of Seizures          <N-SZeval.TXT>

Treating a First Seizure?       <N-first.TXT>

Seizures in Children            <N-Peds.TXT>

Status Epilepticus              <N-SE.TXT>

þ Seizures from Drug Toxicity
 - Quinolone antibiotics
   <Anti-Tox.TXT -quinolone>

þ Pseudoseizures
 - A patient with true seizures usually has abdominal contractions but lacks
   corneal reflexes, while a patient with pseudoseizures usually has corneal
   reflexes but lacks abdominal contractions.  Reference: Tintinalli 3rd ed.
   p 1091

þ Tonic-Clonic movments but with normal LOC:  
 - may be strychnine poisoning

þ Seizure Classification:
 - Partial:  localized
 - Complex Partial:  impairment of consciousness
 - Focal
 - Generalized

þ Ethanol-induced seizures
 - One study showed that, for EtOH-associated (not withdrawal) seizures
   (e.g., a drunk in the ED) that Dilantin does nothing to prevent more
   seizures.
   [Rathlev NK, D'Onofrio G, Fish SS, Harrison PM, Bernstein E, Hossade
   RW, Pickens L. Lack of efficacy of phenytoin in the prevention of
   recurrent alcohol-related seizures. Ann Emerg Med March 1994;23:513-518.