EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST- part 1 potx

... propose solutions for ministries of health and other health care organizations, have been created for Europe, EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 6 KEYPOINTS ■ The Global Campaign against ... implications. Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 19 90;76:296- 316 , with per mission. FIGURE 1. 3 A B World Federation of Neurology Seminars in Clinical Neurology...

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... frac- tion of highly bound drugs. Most of the eld- erly population will be on other medications for various medical problems, and drug EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 80 KEYPOINTS ■ Status ... to epilepsy. Magnesium sulfate can cause sedation in the mother, and hypotonia and lethargy in the newborn. EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICI...

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... mali” in The Philippines, “ainu imu” in Japan, “ikota” in Siberia, and “panic” among the Lapps of northern Scandinavia. The EEG is EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 18 CASE ... alternative therapy, psychosocial issues, and public health. EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 8 KEYPOINTS ■ The emerging countries of the...

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... 10 .0 * Ecuador 19 92 72 ,12 1 575 8.0 Rural Tanzania 19 92 18 ,18 3 18 5 12 .6 * Rural Guanajuato 19 92 7 ,18 7 17 9 20.8 Urban Tunisia 19 93 35,370 14 1 3.5 * Pakistan 19 94 24 ,13 0 2 41 9.9 * Turkey 19 97 11 ,497 ... 3 .1 Prev Ratio Location Pub Date Population # of Cases ( /1, 000) Urban Nigeria 19 87 18 ,654 10 1 5.0 * Rural Kashmir 19 88 63,645 15 7 2.5 Bombay 19...

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... Infestations In Latin America and parts of Asia, neurocys- ticercosis is the commonest cause of epilep- sy. Studies in the 19 60s in Africa, found EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 38 KEYPOINTS ■ In ... kept in the shadow of the house to prevent the risks related to excess of sun. Acute trauma is another common cause. Macrocephaly is rarely present...

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... spe- cific for each drug. Finally, AEDs are metabolized and excret- ed. This step is responsible for the clearance EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 64 KEYPOINTS ■ The percentage ... morbidity EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 66 KEYPOINTS ■ In these most severe conditions, suboptimal seizure control is often inevitable...

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... are unfortunately irre- versible. The decision to treat should always EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 86 pared to any of the available AEDs except zonisamide, and has the ... Med 19 85; 313 :14 5 15 1. V ery important reading material that compares the efficacy of four of the first-line antiepileptic drugs in the man- agement of the more commo...

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... personnel is the basis of a EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 10 4 Ridiculing the traditional beliefs of patients and their families is not the solution because it can offend their ... encourage EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 11 0 KEYPOINTS ■ Ridiculing the traditional beliefs of patients and their families is not...

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... especially the US and UK, solve their medical staff EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 11 8 KEYPOINTS ■ Although novel AEDs have been developed, the high cost of these new agents dictates ... countries, efforts must be made to resolve this conflict. The possibility that EPILEPSY: GLOBAL ISSUES FOR THE PRACTICING NEUROLOGIST 12 0 KEYPOINTS ■...

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... epilepsy, beliefs in, 11 1 failure of epilepsy patients and family to seek help and, 11 3, 12 0 12 1 family perception of seizures and, 11 0 11 1 inheritance of epilepsy, beliefs in, 11 1 11 2 possession and ... to seek help and, 11 3, 12 0 12 1 family perception of seizures and, 49, 11 0 11 1 inheritance of epilepsy, beliefs in, 11 1 11 2 marriage and childbearing in epilep- sy pat...

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