Definitions
Recurrent seizure activity that may or may not have an identifiable cause.
What is Epilepsy?
Treatment for a patient who comes in to the ED after having a simple febrile seizure at home.
What is supportive care?
This is commonly on the differential due to involvement of brief seizure-like activity, although usually it's caused by decreased blood flow to the brain.
What is syncope?
This location in the Bronx contains over a million plants.
What is the New York Botanical Garden?
This type of seizure is notable for lip-smacking and 3Hz spike and waves on EEG
What is an absence seizure?
Current guidelines recommend this medication as a first line agent for actively seizing patients with IV access
What is Ativan/Lorazepam?
Thanks to Dr. Barone, we know this is the most common cause of first time simple febrile seizures in children.
What is HHV-6 infection?
What famous writer has a cottage in the Fordham neighborhood of The Bronx from 1812?
Who is Edgar Allen Poe?
A generalized seizure with a very short postictal state and no recurrence in 24 hours.
What is a simple febrile seizure?
Current guidelines recommend this medication as a first line agent for actively seizing patients if they DO NOT have IV access.
What is Versed/Midazolam?
Asynchronous limb movements, eye fluttering, lack of postictal period, and occurrence in the presence of a witness suggest this diagnosis.
What is psychogenic non-epileptic seizure?
What famous ice cream brand originated in The Bronx.
What is Haagen Dazs?
Multiple seizures in a 24 hour period, focal or generalized in nature, and can be prolonged.
What is a complex febrile seizure?
This hormone involved in our circadian rhythm has been shown to be effective in preventing recurrence of simple febrile seizures.
What is melatonin?
What is a breath-holding spell?
This street modeled after the Champs Élysées has the largest collection of art deco buildings in America
What is the Grand Concourse?
Pathogenic variants in this gene are associated with Dravet syndrome and with an increased risk for febrile seizures.
What is the SCN1 gene?
This sodium channel blocker is commonly used as a second line agent for patients who continue to seize after treatment with benzodiazepines.
What is fosphenytoin?
A paroxismal movement disorder characterized by torticollis and arching of the spine that occurs in association with GERD in children.
What is Sandifer syndrome?
This Bronx born jurist was the first woman of color to join the supreme court.
Who is justice Sonia Sotomayor?