Blume_2001_ILAE_Glossary

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Blume_2001_ILAE_Glossary

Blume 2001 INTRODUCTION This glossary intends to provide a standard terminology for health care workers to communicate what is observed and what a patient reports during a seizure. As this terminology is descriptive and phenomenologic, its use would not imply or require knowledge of ictal pathophysiology, any pathological substrate, or etiology. Many terms are adjectives modifying “seizure,” which itself is defined under “general terms.” This pertains to seizures with single or multiple components. Terms in this glossary (e.g., “seizure,” “ictus,” which have widespread applicability in other fields of clinical neuroscience) are herein defined according to their references to epilepsy. Some terms of this glossary are “fundamental” (i.e., they encompass other more precise words). These can be used as the sole descriptor when data to characterize a phenomenon more precisely are not available. Such include aura, automatism, experiential, motor, and sensory. A seizure will often consist of two or more phenomena occurring simultaneously or sequentially and should be described accordingly. Quantitative terms, such as duration of motor events, are not intended as immutable confines, but as clarifying guides to describe clinically observed events. Scientific progress dictates an evolution of terms to retain their relevance. However, needs of communication in everyday life require that changes be gradual and evolutionary rather than abrupt and revolutionary. The use of synonyms in this glossary reflects incidents in which gradual changes are likely. Terminology in some areas remains unresolved. Therefore we view this glossary as a dynamic process for which feedback will be welcomed. PRINCIPLES FOR TERMS AND DEFINITIONS In developing the “lexique” of this report, we adopted and applied the following principles. Terms and definitions should 1. Contain features that distinguish or modify seizure entities. 2. Be descriptive of the phenomena involved. 3. Comply with terminology of clinical neuroscience. 4. Use current terminology and definitions wherever 
possible. 5. Contain new terms only if necessary. 6. Be easily translatable to other languages. 7. Be readily understood and used by potential users. 


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