Seizure Considerations in Older Adults and Geriatric Patients

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q2 EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Journal of Emergency Nursing Pub Date : 2024-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.jen.2023.10.011

Joan Somes PhD, RN-BC, CEN, CPEN, FAEN, NRP

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Abstract

Older adults account for 25% of first-time seizures, with many of these seizures caused by accumulated injuries and insults to the brain and comorbidities associated with aging or as a result of a life-threatening comorbidity, yet seizures in older adults are often so subtle that they are not recognized or treated. Once an older adult has 1 seizure, they are at higher risk of more seizures and ultimately a diagnosis of epilepsy. Epilepsy affects quality of life and safety and may jeopardize life itself in the older adult; thus, it is important to be able to recognize seizures in older adults and know what to do.

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老年人和老年病人的癫痫发作注意事项

在首次癫痫发作中，老年人占 25%，其中许多发作是由于大脑受到累积性伤害和侮辱以及与衰老有关的合并症或危及生命的合并症引起的，但老年人的癫痫发作往往很隐蔽，以至于无法识别或治疗。一旦老年人有一次癫痫发作，他们就有更高的风险出现更多的癫痫发作，并最终被诊断为癫痫。癫痫会影响老年人的生活质量和安全，并可能危及生命本身；因此，能够识别老年人的癫痫发作并知道该怎么做非常重要。

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Journal of Emergency Nursing 医学-护理

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

11.80%

发文量

132

审稿时长

46 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Emergency Nursing, the official journal of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), is committed to the dissemination of high quality, peer-reviewed manuscripts relevant to all areas of emergency nursing practice across the lifespan. Journal content includes clinical topics, integrative or systematic literature reviews, research, and practice improvement initiatives that provide emergency nurses globally with implications for translation of new knowledge into practice. The Journal also includes focused sections such as case studies, pharmacology/toxicology, injury prevention, trauma, triage, quality and safety, pediatrics and geriatrics. The Journal aims to mirror the goal of ENA to promote: community, governance and leadership, knowledge, quality and safety, and advocacy.