Diagnosaurus
Seizure
Etiology
- Idiopathic (epilepsy)
- Hypoglycemia
- Drugs: alcohol withdrawal, cocaine, amphetamines, benzodiazepine withdrawal, heroin withdrawal, SSRIs
- Electrolyte abnormality, eg, hyponatremia, hypocalcemia
- Infection: bacterial meningitis, herpes encephalitis, neurocysticercosis, neurosyphilis
- Space-occupying lesion, eg, brain tumor, arteriovenous malformation
- Trauma
- Stroke
- CNS vasculitis, eg, systemic lupus erythematosus
- Uremia
- Febrile seizures
- Congenital abnormality or perinatal injury
- Degenerative disease, eg, Alzheimer’s disease
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Seizure." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114842/all/Seizure.
Zeiger RFR. Seizure. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114842/all/Seizure. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Seizure. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114842/all/Seizure
Zeiger RFR. Seizure [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114842/all/Seizure.
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