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Diagnosis and Treatment of Epilepsy in Elderly People
Objectives: Diagnosis & treatment of diseases in elderly people needs especial capabilities. There is no exception for epilepsy in this regard. According to different researches, high incidence of convulsion in elderly people is growing. On the other hand, growing of age in (human) societies results in increasing the number of elderly persons. Methods & Materials: In recent years, our countr...
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The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) differ in old age from those in younger patients. Age-related changes in pharmacokinetics play a role as early as the drug absorption stage, because gastric secretion, blood volume, blood flow, and gastrointestinal motility are all lower in old age. The serum concentration of the medications is heavily influenced by protein...
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Old age is the most common time in life to develop epilepsy. Making a secure diagnosis can be difficult, and piecing together an accurate picture of events may take some time. The clinical manifestations of seizures, the causes of epilepsy, and the psychosocial impact of the diagnosis can be different in older people than in younger ones. In addition, elderly people with epilepsy have two to th...
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Both incidence and prevalence of epilepsy are high among the elderly patients. Epilepsy in the elderly differs in etiology, clinic features and prognosis. The most common etiological factor of epilepsy in the elderly is cerebrovascular diseases. Although most of the seizures in elderly patients are of focal onset, with or without secondary generalization, the presentation of seizures may be non...
متن کاملEpilepsy in the elderly.
The incidence of epilepsy is higher in the elderly than in younger adults. This community presents a challenging set of considerations in diagnosis and management. Numerous other processes may mimic seizures in the elderly. After careful diagnosis, AED choices should take into account metabolism, drug-drug in interactions, co-morbidities, and side effect profiles while striving to achieve seizu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7528.1317