[Confusional disorders and epilepsy].
Confusion in an epileptic patient raises several diagnostic possibilities: non convulsive status epilepticus, interictal or post-ictal psychosis, drug-induced confusion, confusion of another nature. Accurate diagnosis is based on clinical analysis, systematically completed by the practice and the repetition of emergency EEG.
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Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pasteur, Nice, France. piertho@wanadoo.fr
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced; D003221:Confusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D000927:Anticonvulsants