Diagnosis and management of the epilepsies in children: a summary of the partial update of the 2012 NICE epilepsy guideline

The epilepsies of childhood are a heterogeneous group of disorders with different causes, treatments and outcomes. The choice of anti-epileptic drug is largely determined by its effectiveness in a specific epilepsy syndrome, or seizure type(s) if a syndrome cannot be readily identified, and the drug...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2012-12, Vol.97 (12), p.1073-1076
Main Authors: Appleton, Richard E, Freeman, Amanda, Cross, J Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Anti-epileptic drugs
Anticonvulsants
Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use
Biological and medical sciences
Care and treatment
Child
Child Health
Convulsions & seizures
Cost analysis
Diagnosis
Disease Management
Dosage and administration
Drug dosages
Economic models
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - diagnosis
Epilepsy - drug therapy
Epilepsy in children
Family physicians
Female
General aspects
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Health economics
Humans
Learning disabilities
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
NICE
Pediatric epilepsy
Practice guidelines (Medicine)
Prevention and actions
Primary care
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quality
Recommendations
Seizures
Studies
Therapeutics
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Summary:The epilepsies of childhood are a heterogeneous group of disorders with different causes, treatments and outcomes. The choice of anti-epileptic drug is largely determined by its effectiveness in a specific epilepsy syndrome, or seizure type(s) if a syndrome cannot be readily identified, and the drug's safety profile. There are minimal randomised controlled trial data to help inform this decision. In January 2012, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published its partially revised and updated clinical guideline on the pharmacological treatment of the epilepsies in children and adults. This partial update provides additional data and also specific recommendations that improve the evidence base for the use of specific anti-epileptic drugs in treating the epilepsies of childhood.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2012-302822