Seizure, Pediatric
Basics
Description
Description
Sudden, abnormal discharges of neurons resulting in a change in behavior or function
Etiology
Etiology
- Febrile seizures
- Infection
- Idiopathic
- Trauma
- Toxicologic:
- Ingestion
- Drug action
- Drug withdrawal
- Metabolic:
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypo/hypernatremia
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Perinatal hypoxia
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- CNS structural anomaly or malformation
- Degenerative disease
- Psychogenic
- Ischemia
- Mass lesion
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Seizure, Pediatric." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/all/Seizure__Pediatric.
Seizure, Pediatric. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/all/Seizure__Pediatric. Accessed December 11, 2024.
Seizure, Pediatric. (2020). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/all/Seizure__Pediatric
Seizure, Pediatric [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. [cited 2024 December 11]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307170/all/Seizure__Pediatric.
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