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Epilepsy 2011: From Science to society
First published in 1987 as a summary of the material used in the biannual epilepsy teaching weekend organised under the auspices of the UK Chapter of the International League Against Epilepsy. Over the years the notes have evolved from a summary into a comprehensive text. Please see the sections below.
As part of the 13th ILAE Specialist Registrar Teaching Weekend in Epilepsy that took place at St Anne's College, Oxford on 23th-25th September, 2011, the lecture notes Epilepsy 2011: From Science to society were published. Visit each section heading for a fuller description of each topic, or quick reference, each bullet point is a link to a pdf file containing the complete chapter text. These links will open in a new browser window.
Section One: Introduction
Section Two: Basic science
Section Three: The spectrum of epilepsy
- Neonatal seizures
- Severe paediatric epilepsy syndromes
- Febrile convulsions - a practical guide
- Benign childhood seizure suscpeptibility syndromes
- The significance of the syndromic diagnosis of the epilepsies
- Idiopathic generalised epilepsies
- Adult onset epilepsies
- Temporal lobe epilepsy
- Frontal lobe epilepsy
- Occipital and parietal lobe epilepsies
- Psychiatric disorders in epilepsy
Section Four: Differential diagnosis
- Non-epileptic paroxysmal neurological and cardiac events
- Epilepsy and sleep
- Diagnosis and management of dissociative seizures
Section Five: Investigations
- Neurophysiological investigation of epilepsy
- Neuroimaging of the epilepsies
- Neuropsychology - testing the brain
- Investigation of seizures in infants
- Investigation of progressive neurological impairment in children with epilepsy
Section Six: Medical treatment of epilepsy
- Mechanisms of action of anti-epileptic drugs
- Starting anti-epileptic drug treatment: the treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy
- The management of chronic epilepsy
- Overview of established anti-epileptic drugs
- New anti-epileptic drugs
- Drug treatment of paediatric epilepsy
- Phamacokinetic interactions between anti-epileptic drugs
- Stopping anti-epileptic drug treatment
- Treatment of tonic-clonic status epilepticus
- Treatment of non-convulsive status epilepticus
- Non-pharmacologic approaches to seizure control
Section Seven: Outcome
- The prognosis of epilepsy
- The mortality of epilepsy
- Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)
- Psychosocial outcome
- Bone health in epilepsy
Section Eight: Special groups
- Epilepsy and learning disability
- Epilepsy in adolescence
- Epilepsy and seizures in geriatric practice
- Epilepsy and women
Section Nine: Surgical treatment of epilepsy
- Pre-operative evaluation and outcome of surgical treatment of epilepsy
- Presurgical evaluation and outcome of epilepsy surgery in childhood
- Methods of epilepsy surgery
- Vagus nerve stimulation
- Outcome of surgery
Section Ten: Social aspects
- The patient's viewpoint
- Epilepsy clinic counselling
- Counselling for epilepsy surgery
- Epilepsy and employment
- Epilepsy and driving
- Epilepsy and the law
- Medico-legal aspects of epilepsy
