[20] Present study revealed that the most common seizure type was
generalized seizure (75.4 %) followed by focal (17.5%) and unknown types (7.1%), like Adhikari et al,21 Nikunj et al, [20] Qadri I et al, [19] Idro R et al [22] and Chen CY et al, [23] Ahmed et al.
For example, when the person is experiencing
generalized seizures, the nurse would attempt to roll the patient to 1 side to avoid airway compromise while protecting the limbs from hitting other objects.
The most common type of
generalized seizure is the tonic-clonic seizure.
All this was in my mind when one of our local pediatricians called to tell me he had a 14-month-old child in his office who was experiencing a
generalized seizure as we spoke.
Generalized seizure after IV administration of Gadopentetate dimeglumine.
investigated the psychopathology in complex partial and
generalized seizure types using Childhood Behavior Assessment Scale and found psychopathology at clinical level in 63% of the patients with partial seizures and in 55% of the patients with
generalized seizures.
Other
generalized seizure types may also occur, including absence seizures and generalized tonic clonic seizures.
Primary generalized tonic-clonic seizures, formerly known as "grand mal" seizures, are considered the most common form of
generalized seizure (affecting both sides of the brain).
Febrile seizures are broadly defined as "simple" (only one
generalized seizure in a 24-hour period with no previous neurological problem) or "complex" (more than one 15-minute or longer focalized seizure in a 24-hour period with previous history of neurological problems).
When a seizure lasts for several minutes or more and involves loss of consciousness and involuntary muscle contractions throughout a cat's entire body, it is called a
generalized seizure. Less serious is a partial seizure, which is of comparatively short duration and is characterized by vague, aimless, trancelike behavior.
At that time, she exhibited moderate dehydration, pallor, drowsiness, and a
generalized seizure of 10 to 15 min duration, tachycardia, tender and tense abdominal wall, and a history of oligoanuria for the last 48 h.