The Importance of Mnemonics in Seizures

Mitten is for metabolic and you need to think glucose right away. acclampsia reminds you, hey, if they're a female having seizures and they're below the age of 50 something, you need to thinking about them being pregnant potentially. n is for neurological lesions and this is the catch-all term, tumors, prior strokes or current strokes. Any intraprenech will hemorrhages, that sort of thing. Metabolic infection, trauma, tox, eclampsia and the neurological lesions are all mnemonics.