Rapid Review: Absence Seizures

By Yehuda Wolf, MPA, PA-C

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June 2, 2017

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Reviewed January 2024

Absence Seizures

Most common in children 5–8 years old
Brief, sudden impaired consciousness
No aura or postictal state
EEG would show symmetric 3 Hz spike and wave activity
Treatment is ethosuximide or valproic acid

By Yehuda Wolf, MPA, PA-C

Yehuda is the Rapid Review expert, keeping everything short, sweet, and to the point.

Categories: Certified , Certified Emergency Nurse , Clinical Year , Didactic Year , Emergency Medicine , Emergency Nurse Practitioner , Family Medicine , Internal Medicine , Pediatric Emergency Medicine , Pediatric Primary Care , Pediatrics , Rapid Review ,

Tags: neurology, PANCE, PANRE

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