Seizures, Epilepsy, and Spells: Introduction and Differentiation
Über den Vortrag
Der Vortrag „Seizures, Epilepsy, and Spells: Introduction and Differentiation“ von Roy Strowd, MD ist Bestandteil des Kurses „Year 3 – Internal Medicine“.
Quiz zum Vortrag
Which statement is the most accurate?
- Seizures are characterized by sudden electrical disturbances within the brain.
- Seizures have a nearly identical clinical presentation for all patients.
- Seizures do not alter a patient’s sensory perception.
- A patient who experiences recurrent seizures is likely to have different symptoms with each episode.
- Each seizure is unique, preventing them from being grouped into general types.
Which statement accurately describes the trajectory of a seizure?
- The postictal phase can last up to 2 hours.
- The initial “aura” is usually unique to each episode, preventing a patient from predicting an impending seizure.
- Patients are completely asymptomatic during the postictal phase.
- The ictal phase is the build-up period before tonic contractions and jolting begin.
- The aura is normally detected 8–12 hours prior to the seizure.
Which statement is the most accurate?
- Complex migraines can present with an aura similar to that in a seizure.
- A seizure usually results in a state of unconsciousness prior to the convulsive episode.
- Transient ischemic attacks do not present with symptoms similar to those of a seizure.
- REM sleep is the first phase of the sleep cycle.
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Dozent des Vortrages Seizures, Epilepsy, and Spells: Introduction and Differentiation
Roy Strowd, MD
Dr. Roy Strowd is the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, in North Carolina, USA.
He obtained his MD from Wake Forest School of Medicine in 2009, and his MEd from Johns Hopkins University in 2021. Currently, he co-directs the Neurofibromatosis and Tuberous Sclerosis Clinics at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, and is a researcher for the Adult Brain Tumor Consortium (ABTC) and Alliance for Clinical Trials in Neuro-Oncology.
Due to his achievements, he earned the M. Brownell Anderson Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Within Lecturio, Dr. Strowd teaches courses on Clinical Neurology.
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