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60-year-old woman was admitted via A&E after ambulance was called by family. She was feeling generally well, only complaining about mild to moderate headaches for couple of days. Headache was more on the left side but was rather global. On the day of admission she lost consciousness without any warning signs, collapsed on the floor and developed generalised whole body jerking. When paramedics entered the scene they still observed generalised tonic clonic seizure. Seizure lasted between 10 and 15 minutes according to family with some “breaks” in seizure activity, when the jerking settled temporarily. She regained consciousness in the ambulance (after receiving Diazepam 10 mg IV and oxygen). On arrival to A&E patient was conscious (GCS 15), and minimally post ictal (some confusion, latency in verbal responses, fatigue). She was still complaining about headache. Patient was admitted to medical ward.
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Dolezal, O. (2019). Poor Hearing and Seizures. In: Clinical Cases in Neurology. In Clinical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16628-1_7
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