Author/Editor		Čebular, Boštjan; Grad, Anton; Pirtošek, Zvezdan
Title		Epilepsija: diagnostični postopki in diferencialna diagnoza
Type		članek
Source		In: Dšuban G, Šilc T, Vodušek DB, et al, editors. Simpozij Ocenjevanje invalidnosti, telesne okvare in potrebe po pomoči in postrežbi drugega pri nevroloških bolnikih; 2000 dec 8-9; Ljubljana. Ljubljana: Zavod za pokojninsko in invalidsko zavarovanje Slovenije, Invalidska komisija 2. stopnje,
Publication year		2000
Volume		str. 59-64
Language		slo
Abstract		Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological condition; a seizure is a event in which an individual's awareness may be impared and behaviour altered. A careful clinical history remains the single most important component in the assessment of a patient with possible epilepsy. A patient suspected of having epilepsy must have some supportive investigations for the diagnosis of the epilepsy, which include: full blood tests with biochemical tests, electrocardiogram, EEG. In adults the change of finding a structural lesionn as a couse of seizure is present, so CT or MRI scan should be performed. There are many disorders involving alteration of consciousness, or focal neurological symptoms, which may be confused with epilepsy seizures. The conditions most commonly mistaken for epileptic seizures are syncope, pseudoseizures, panic attacks, hiperventilations, breath-holding attacks, night terrors, day-dreaming, movement disorders, narcolepsy, transient ischaemic attacks, migraine, transient global amnesia, hypoglycaemia, vertigo. We should provide some further investigations.
Descriptors		EPILEPSY DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY SYNCOPE ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME PANIC DISORDER HYPERVENTILATION CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA, TRANSIENT AMNESIA MIGRAINE VERTIGO HYPOGLYCEMIA