COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE

Course overview

COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES, ALSO KNOWN AS FOCAL IMPAIRED AWARENESS SEIZURES OR FOCAL ONSET IMPAIRED AWARENESS SEIZURES, REFERS TO FOCAL SEIZURES THAT START IN ONE HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN AND ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMPAIRMENT IN CONSCIOUSNESS. THESE SEIZURES INVOLVE AN EPILEPTIFORM ACTIVITY THAT STARTS IN A PARTICULAR FOCAL REGION OF THE BRAIN AND IMPAIRMENT IN A PATIENT'S LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS OCCURRING AT SOME POINT DURING THE SEIZURE. TYPICALLY, CONSCIOUSNESS IS MAXIMALLY IMPAIRED TOWARD THE BEGINNING OF A SEIZURE.