Template:Pediatric seizure DDX

Pediatric seizure

• Epileptic seizure
  • First-time seizure
  • Seizure with known seizure disorder
  • Status epilepticus
  • Temporal lobe epilepsy
  • Non-compliance with or "outgrowing" AEDs
• Non-epileptic seizure
  • Febrile seizure
  • Brain inflammation
    • Meningitis
    • Encephalitis
    • CNS abscess
    • Intracranial hemorrhage
    • Neurocysticercosis
  • Increased ICP
    • Seizure with VP shunt
    • Hydrocephalus
    • Intracranial mass
  • Toxicologic
    • Alcohol withdrawal
    • Benzodiazepine withdrawal
    • Toxic ingestion
  • Metabolic abnormalities: hyponatremia, hypernatremia, hypocalcemia, hypomagnesemia, hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia
  • Pyridoxine responsive seizure
  • Eclampsia
  • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome
  • Impact seizure (head trauma)
• Other mimics
  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure (pseudoseizure)
  • Syncope (peds)
  • Breath-holding spell
  • Hyperventilation syndrome
  • Migraine headache
  • Movement disorders
  • Narcolepsy/cataplexy
  • Post-hypoxic myoclonus (Status myoclonicus)
  • Infantile Spasms/West Syndrome