Critical Care Teaching
  • Welcome
  • Week 1: Induction
    • NUH Critical Care
    • UHL Critical Care
  • Airway and breathing
    • Week 2: Airway and oxygenation
    • Week 3: Ventilation
    • Week 4: Weaning and rehabilitation
    • Week 5: Challenging scenarios in ventilation
  • Cardiac disease and physiology
    • Week 6: Cardiovascular manipulation
    • Week 7: Cardiac arrest and post-arrest management
    • Week 8: Cardiology on intensive care
    • Week 9: Renal replacement therapy
  • Neurointensive care
    • Week 10: Head injuries
    • Week 11: Confusion, delirium, and strokes
    • Week 12: Seizures and encephalitis
    • Week 13: Brain stem death, devastating brain injuries, and organ donation
  • Everything else
    • Week 14: Fluids and nutrition
    • Week 15: Surgical principles on intensive care
    • Week 16: Marginal gains and critical care
    • Week 17: Everything sepsis
  • Surgical specialities month
    • Week 18: Upper GI and thoracic surgery
    • Week 19: Major trauma and burns
    • Week 20: Massive intra-abdominal surgery
    • Week 21: Maternity and obstetrics
  • Medical Specialities Month
    • Week 22: Haematology and oncology
    • Week 23: Respiratory medicine
    • Week 24: Microbiology
    • Week 25: End of life care on intensive care
  • Wrapping up
    • Week 26: Reflect, and pay it forward
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Week 12: Seizures and encephalitis

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Things to consider

  • Seizures vs status epilepticus vs epilepsy

  • Causes of seizures and disorders of consciousness

  • Antiepileptic agents and drugs that stop seizures

  • Role of and difference between CFAM, processed EEG, and EEG monitoring

  • The many neurological investigations – LPs, CTs, MRIs, NCS/EMGs, etc

Resources

  • , and (BJAEd)

  • (LITFL)

  • (IBCC)

  • (IBCC)

  • (BJAEd) and (Dr Barley)

Key trials and guidelines

  • Which AED should you use? , or

  • Continuous EEG monitoring?

  • TTM for status?

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Epilepsy and anaesthesia
epilepsy in intensive care
Differential diagnosis for seizures
Status epilepticus
Meningitis and encephalitis
Interpretation of EEG
interpretation of pEEG
Keppra vs valproate vs fosphenytoin
Keppra vs phenytoin
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