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

  • Hans O. Lüders
  • , Shahram Amina
  • , Christopher Bailey
  • , Christoph Baumgartner
  • , Selim Benbadis
  • , Adriana Bermeo
  • , Maria Carreño
  • , Michael Devereaux
  • , Beate Diehl
  • , Matthew Eccher
  • , Jonathan Edwards
  • , Philip Fastenau
  • , Guadalupe Fernandez Baca-Vaca
  • , Jaime Godoy
  • , Hajo Hamer
  • , Seung Bong Hong
  • , Akio Ikeda
  • , Philippe Kahane
  • , Kitti Kaiboriboon
  • , Giridhar Kalamangalam
  • David Lardizabal, Samden Lhatoo, Jürgen Lüders, Jayanti Mani, Carlos Mayor, Tomas Mesa Latorre, Jonathan Miller, Harold H. Morris, Soheyl Noachtar, Cormac O'Donovan, Jun Park, Maria Angeles Perez-Jimenez, Sabine Rona, Felix Rosenow, Asim Shahid, Stephan Schuele, Christopher Skidmore, Bernhard Steinhoff, Charles Á Szabõ, Jennifer Sweet, Nitin Tandon, Adriana Tanner, Sadatoshi Tsuji

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Abstract

Summary 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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1140-1144
Number of pages5
JournalEpilepsia
Volume55
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • Consciousness in epilepsy
  • Dialepsis
  • Dyscognitive seizures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology

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