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Podcast: Pediatrics Now: Cases Updates and Discussions for the Busy Pediatric Practitioner
Episode: Seizures in Kids — Practical Diagnosis, Treatments, and When to Refer
Description: Seizures in Kids — Practical Diagnosis, Treatments, and When to Refer
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Host Holly Wayment brings us this wonderful grand rounds talk for the general pediatrician by pediatric neurologist Dr. Natasha Varughese, where she reviews childhood epilepsy syndromes (ages ~3–15), covering self-limited epilepsies, focal and generalized epilepsies, and developmental epileptic encephalopathies. Key diagnostic tools include EEG, MRI, and genetic testing; prognosis varies widely by syndrome.
The talk highlights practical management: appropriate antiseizure medications (and which to avoid), indications for ketogenic diet, when to consider surgery or neuro...