The Definition of a Seizure, Clinical Controversies

At the 2022 American Epilepsy Society Annual Meeting, held December 2 to 6, in Nashville, Tennessee, Michael Sperling, MD, gave a talk in a symposium based on “what is a seizure after all?”. The symposium focused on defining ‘seizures’ from different clinical perspectives and provided a comprehensive concept of what happens. There were provocative, basic, computational, cellular, and translational lectures that occurred within the session for encouraging further discussion.

Sperling, Baldwin Keyes professor of neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, sat down with NeurologyLive® in an interview and shared an overview of his talk on the clinical controversies on the definition of a seizure. He explained that issues with the current definition of a ‘seizure’, what it is lacking, and how the term applies to pediatric and adult patients with epilepsy.

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How in Gods green earth does anyone get an accurate diagnosis and treatment then ?