| Affiliation: | Intensive Care Unit, Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG
Simon M Enright, MBChB FRCA, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Director of Intensive Care
Intensive Care Unit, Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG
Tel: 01924 212139, Fax: 01924 213752, E-mail: simon.enright{at}midyorks.nhs.uk (for correspondence) |
| Abstract: | Epilepsy is defined as recurrent (two or more) epileptic seizuresunprovoked by any immediately identifiable cause. A seizurecan be defined as the clinical manifestation of an abnormaland excessive discharge of neurones, which is seen as alterationof consciousness, motor, sensory or autonomic events. Epilepsyis relevant to the anaesthetist for several reasons, for examplemedication and drug interactions, postoperative seizures, andintensive care management of status epilepticus. |
