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While as many as 1 in 3 first seizures are acute symptomatic seizures, these seizures receive relatively little attention during training. Dr. Ching Soong Khoo speaks with Dr. Marian Galovic about the etiology and management of acute symptomatic seizures and how they may inform outcomes and future epilepsy risk.

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The SeLECT Consortium 

predictepilepsy.com 

The SeLECT model of developing epilepsy after ischemic stroke

The CAVE model of developing epilepsy after hemorrhagic stroke

The 2HELPS2B score to identify patients most likely to benefit from prolonged EEG

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