Epilepsy and Seizure

What is the characteristic of the epileptic seizures?

• Stereotyped

• Provoked

• Consciousness must be loss

• Predictable

Which one of these following statements was not definition of Epilepsy?

• Provoked seizure that occurred > 24 hours

• Unprovoked Seizure that occurred > 24 hours interval

• Reflex Seizure

• Epilepsy Syndrome

Focal onset seizures are seizures that originated from...

• Specific area of the brain

• both hemispheres synchronously

• could not be determined

• only temporal lobe

An absence seizure is...

• Focal onset seizure

• General onset seizure

• Focal and General onset seizure

• Undetermined

Characteristic of acute symptomatic seizure is ...

• Unprovoked seizure

• Provoked seizure

• Recurrent

• related with intracranial abnormality

A female, 38 yo, had multiple seizures and her blood glucose level was very high (600mg/dL). What was an episode that she had?

• Focal onset Epilepsy

• Acute symptomatic seizure

• General onset epilepsy

• Undetermined yet

Epilepsy syndrome is a diagnosis based on the following statements EXCEPT ..

• Seizure type

• Gender

• Etiology

• Co-morbities

Which of the following statement indicated non-epileptic seizures?

• Sudden

• inconsistent

• Transient

• Mostly occur during sleep

What should be evaluated with an adult patient having a first seizure in the emergency room?

• EEG

• Blood Glucose and Electrolyte

• Brain MRI

• Retina

Which of these following statements is correct?

• Carbamazepine can induce absence seizure

• Epilepsy patient should take anti-seizure medication (ASM) if only having seizures

• Choosing ASM mainly based on gender

• Glutamat is inhibitory neurotransmitter