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Determining Brain Death
Permanent, irreversible termination of cerebral and brainstem functions including the ability to regulate respiratory activities. American Academy of Neurology has provided criteria to diagnose brain death but most states and hospitals have their own criteria so make sure to use your local criteria if that is available.
Epilepsy Classification
The 2017 ILAE classification of seizures, epilepsies, and epilepsy syndromes aims to group seizures according to clinical presentation and its origin in the brain. and epilepsies according to seizure type, age of onset, probability of remission, EEG findings, radiologic findings, and genetics.
Seizure prophylaxis in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Acute seizures are a common complication following spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH). The incidence of post ICH seizures rate is estimated to be between 4%-16%. Current guidelines have limited recommendations due to the paucity of data.