Chapter 27- Epilepsy

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Describe the epidemiology and social impact of epilepsy.
2. Define terminology related to epilepsy, including seizure, convulsion, and epilepsy.
3. Describe the basic pathophysiology of seizures.
4. Describe the basic pathophysiology of epilepsy.
5. Differentiate and classify seizure types when provided a description of the clinical presentation of the seizure and electroencephalogram.
6. Identify key therapeutic decision points in the treatment of epilepsy.
7. Establish therapeutic goals for pharmacotherapy in a patient with epilepsy.
8. Discuss nonpharmacologic treatments for epilepsy.
9. Recommend an appropriate pharmacotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of epilepsy.
10. Select appropriate monitoring parameters for a pharmacotherapeutic regimen of epilepsy.
11. Devise a plan for switching a patient from one antiepileptic regimen to a different regimen.
12. Recognize complications of pharmacotherapy for epilepsy.
13. Analyze potential drug interactions with antiepileptic drugs.
14. Determine when and how to discontinue antiepileptic drug therapy.
15. Educate a patient or caregiver on epilepsy and pharmacotherapy for this disorder.

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