Update on diagnosis and management of childhood epilepsies

There remain significant gaps the evidence base for treatment in several areas of childhood epilepsy. Concerted multi-center efforts should be made to try ...

The review will draw attention to recent advances that have been made in both our understanding and treatment of the childhood epilepsies.

Management of Childhood Epilepsy - PMC - NCBI

The management of pediatric seizures and epilepsies presents multiple challenges to the clinician because of nonepileptic imitators, evolving classification ...

Updated guideline on diagnosing and managing epilepsies

If resective surgery is unsuitable, a further option is vagus nerve stimulation, administered as add-on to ASM treatment. Managing co- ...

Guidelines - American Epilepsy Society

AES Management of Infantile Epilepsies Systematic Review Update and Guideline ... Guideline for Treatment of Prolonged Seizures in Children and Adults · A ...

Adapted Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis ...

We recently updated and merged the adapted clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the diagnosis and treatment of children with epilepsy of a tertiary-level ...

Childhood Epilepsy: An Update on Diagnosis and Management

The seizures and epilepsies in children are extremely diverse, differing markedly in age of onset, seizure characteristics, associated ...

Epilepsy update: diagnosis, classification and management

Investigations can include blood tests, electrocardiograms, electroencephalograms and neuro-imaging. Patients should be informed and counselled about the ...

Epilepsy: A Diagnostic and Treatment Update - MedCentral

Ethosuximide has been shown to be beneficial for generalized absence seizures while perampanel has been indicated for initial generalized tonic- ...

Seizures and epilepsy in children: Classification, etiology, and ...

... seizures and epilepsy in children. The clinical diagnosis and management of new-onset seizures and epilepsy in children are presented separately ...

Childhood Epilepsy: an Update on Diagnosis and Management

The seizures and epilepsies in children are extremely diverse, differing markedly in age of onset, characteristic seizures, associated comorbidities, treatment, ...

Update on Pediatric Epilepsy - Advances in Pediatrics

The understanding of seizures and epilepsy has grown tremendously in the past decade, and many more treatment options have become available. Yet, pediatric ...

(PDF) Childhood Epilepsy: An Update on Diagnosis and Management

This review considers some of these exciting developments, as well as addressing the essential features of the diagnosis, investigations, management and impact ...

Focal epilepsies: Update on diagnosis and classification

Focal epilepsy is the most common mode of onset for epilepsy in childhood, accounting for about two-thirds of all epilepsy cases. When thinking ...

Childhood Epilepsy: An Update on Diagnosis and Management

Within the past few years there is a rapid expansion in our understanding of epilepsy. The development of new anti-epileptic drugs and refinements to epilepsy ...

Epilepsy in Children and Teens: Diagnosis & Treatment

About two-thirds of all children with epilepsy outgrow their seizures by the time they are teenagers. For some, though, epilepsy may be a ...

Epilepsies in children, young people and adults | Guidance - NICE

1 Diagnosis and assessment of epilepsy · 2 Information and support · 3 Referral to tertiary specialist services · 4 Principles of treatment, safety ...

Epilepsy in Children: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Types

Headaches are common after seizures. At what age do epilepsy symptoms start in children? The age when epilepsy in children starts varies based on what ...

Treating Pediatric Epilepsy - AAP

A special dietary therapy, like the ketogenic diet, modified Atkins Diet, or low glycemic index treatment. · Medical devices that stimulate the ...

Epilepsy - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

New minimally invasive surgical techniques, such as MRI -guided focused ultrasound, show promise for treating seizures. These surgeries have ...