Pediatric EM Morsels

JULY 26, 2024

It is even more challenging when the initial symptoms seem to align with what we perceive as psychiatric concerns. Often initially misdiagnosed as a psychiatric illness. Treat the seizures , but…. Keep in mind that seizure management can be difficult and the patient may not respond to AEDs.

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Psychiatric Seizures Outcomes Pediatrics 271

EB Medicine

AUGUST 1, 2018

It was peer-reviewed by Joseph Habboushe, assistant professor at NYU and Nadia Maria Shaukat, director of the emergency and critical care ultrasound at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. The rhabdo is believed to be due, in part, to associated seizures, muscle tremors, and agitation.

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Seizures Hyperthermia / Hypothermia Administration Dehydration 40

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

JUNE 1, 2017

The child with seizure disorder and chest pain: anti-epileptics Some anti-epileptic agents, such as carbamazepine, promote a poor lipid profile, leading to atherosclerosis and early MI. Repeated use causes multiple psychiatric, personality, and neurologic changes. Cardiovasculr Ultrasound. Circulation. 2004; 110:e511-e513.

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Pediatrics EKG/ECG Wellness Seizures 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

First: Are you sure it was syncope, and not SEIZURE? Conversely , frequently syncope has a short episode of tonic-clonic activity that mimics seizure. Look for Vascular Etiology -- think of these while doing H and P: --Bleeding: ruptured AAA, GI bleed, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, other spontaneous bleed such as mesenteric aneurysms.

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Emergency Department EKG/ECG Outcomes Seizures 52