Proposal: different types of alteration and loss of consciousness in epilepsy

Lueders H, Amina S, Bailey C, Baumgartner C, Benbadis S, Bermeo A, Carreno M, Devereaux M, Diehl B, Eccher M, Edwards J, Fastenau P, Fernandez Baca-Vaca G, Godoy J, Hamer H, Hong SB, Ikeda A, Kahane P, Kaiboriboon K, Kalamangalam G, Lardizabal D, Lhatoo S, Lueders J, Mani J, Mayor C, Mesa Latorre T, Miller J, Morris HH, Noachtar S, O'Donovan C, Park J, Angeles Perez-Jimenez M, Rona S, Rosenow F, Shahid A, Schuele S, Skidmore C, Steinhoff B, Szabo CA, Sweet J, Tandon N, Tanner A, Tsuji S (2014)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2014

Journal

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 55

Pages Range: 1140-4

Journal Issue: 8

DOI: 10.1111/epi.12595

Abstract

There are at least five types of alterations of consciousness that occur during epileptic seizures: auras with illusions or hallucinations, dyscognitive seizures, epileptic delirium, dialeptic seizures, and epileptic coma. Each of these types of alterations of consciousness has a specific semiology and a distinct pathophysiologic mechanism. In this proposal we emphasize the need to clearly define each of these alterations/loss of consciousness and to apply this terminology in semiologic descriptions and classifications of epileptic seizures. The proposal is a consensus opinion of experienced epileptologists, and it is hoped that it will lead to systematic studies that will allow a scientific characterization of the different types of alterations/loss of consciousness described in this article.

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University Hospitals of Cleveland / Case Western Reserve University Hospital United States (USA) (US) University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) United States (USA) (US) University of South Florida (USF) United States (USA) (US) Universitat de Barcelona (UB) / University of Barcelona Spain (ES) University College London (UCL) United Kingdom (GB) Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Korea, Republic of (KR) Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhügel Austria (AT) Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) United States (USA) (US) Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile (CL) Kyoto University / 京都大学 Kyōto daigaku Japan (JP) University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States (USA) (US) Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital India (IN) Hospital Universitário Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá Colombia (CO) Saint Luke's Health System United States (USA) (US) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Germany (DE) Wake Forest University United States (USA) (US) Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús / Hospital del Niño Jesús Spain (ES) Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany (DE) Philipps-Universität Marburg Germany (DE) Northwestern University United States (USA) (US) Thomas Jefferson University United States (USA) (US) Epilepsiezentrum Kork Germany (DE) University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) United States (USA) (US) International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW) / 国際医療福祉大学 Japan (JP) Grenoble University Hospital Centre / Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble (CHUG) France (FR)

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APA:

Lueders, H., Amina, S., Bailey, C., Baumgartner, C., Benbadis, S., Bermeo, A.,... Tsuji, S. (2014). Proposal: different types of alteration and loss of consciousness in epilepsy. Epilepsia, 55(8), 1140-4. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/epi.12595

MLA:

Lueders, Hans, et al. "Proposal: different types of alteration and loss of consciousness in epilepsy." Epilepsia 55.8 (2014): 1140-4.

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