Seizure & Tachycardia: Causes & Reasons

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Reported Symptoms

Seizure, Tachycardia,

Negated

None

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Possible Causes

Hypoglycemia

Signs and symptoms include tachypnea, respiratory distress, tachycardia or bradycardia, lethargy, and seizures 775.6 Excludes infant of mother with diabetes mellitus ( 775.0 [icd9data.com]

Postoperatively the patient demonstrated both generalized and focal seizure activity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The typical patient presenting with acute hypoglycemia will have an altered mental status and exhibit tachycardia and diaphoresis. [saem.org]

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Acute Amphetamine Intoxication

Diaphoresis Mydriasis Severe intoxication characterized by: Tachycardia HTN Hyperthermia Agitated delirium Seizures Diaphoresis Hypotension and respiratory distress may precede [emergency.unboundmedicine.com]

Benzodiazepines are the drug of choice for controlling anxiety, agitation, hypertension, and tachycardia. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]

Benzodiazepines are the preferred initial treatment for CNS excitation, seizures, tachycardia, and hypertension. [merckmanuals.com]

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Chronic Alcoholism

Mild pyrexia, tachycardia and hypertension. Sweating, nausea and retching. Seizures. Auditory and visual hallucinations. [patient.info]

Report of a case of SESA syndrome: a rare CNS complication of chronic alcoholism, known since 1981 and characterized by epileptic seizures, multiple and reversible neurological [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The first had been admitted with confusion and weight loss, the second with hypotension and sepsis, and the third with confusion and hypoglycaemia-induced seizures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Crack Ingestion

Signs of intoxication were hypertension, tachycardia, hyperthermia, agitation, and generalized seizure activity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia, prolonged PR and QTc interval (510 ms), widening of the QRS complex (200 ms), and increase in R wave amplitude in aVR (8.0 mV) [hindawi.com]

[…] smoked, snorted, injected or ingested Smoked form is often in a free-base or crack form Clinical Features Side effects of chronic cocaine use Sympathomimetic toxidrome: Tachycardia [wikem.org]

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Alcohol Withdrawal

[…] syndrome begins six to 24 hours after the last intake of alcohol, and the signs and symptoms include tremors, agitation, nausea, sweating, vomiting, hallucinations, insomnia, tachycardia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

seizures and the development of delirium tremens. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There was a trend toward significance of association of complications with tachycardia, history of delirium tremens, and benzodiazepines being administered before psychiatric [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Stroke

Decompensation on the ward during thrombolysis with worsening abdominal distension and pain, hypotension and tachycardia prompted a CT angiogram scan, which displayed proximal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Twenty patients (40%) had a single seizure, and most seizures (34, or 68%) were simple partial seizures or partial seizures with 2 generalization. [doi.org]

[…] blindness), truncal or limb ataxia, spastic paresis, crossed sensory and motor deficits*, impaired consciousness, coma, death (if basilar artery occlusion is complete), tachycardia [msdmanuals.com]

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Acute Renal Failure

Tachycardia and hyponatremia are common during attacks. In cases with cardiac arrhythmia and respiratory paralysis (rare), attacks can be fatal. [orpha.net]

This can cause both neurological and cardiac complications, such as seizures, coma, arrhythmia and hypotension, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. [livestrong.com]

history of vomiting, diarrhea, diuretic overuse, hemorrhage, burns) Weight loss, orthostatic hypotension and tachycardia Thirst and reduced fluid intake Poor skin turgor [aafp.org]

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Pneumonia

A 23-month-old girl visited the emergency department with high fever, cough, first wheezing episode, chest retraction and tachycardia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

during a seizure or while intoxicated) could vomit and then inhale stomach contents and bacteria into the lungs and develop pneumonia. [vdh.virginia.gov]

One week after admission, she developed fever, dyspnea, hypoxemia, tachycardia, and increased serum C-reactive protein level. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Tachycardia occurs when these beat too fast. Tachycardia refers to a high resting heart rate. [medicalnewstoday.com]

[…] generalized seizures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

tachycardia. [ecgwaves.com]

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Status Epilepticus

PATIENT PRESENTATION: We describe a 5-month-old girl with Dravet syndrome who presented with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia during status epilepticus. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patients with recurrent seizures should undergo head CT scan if they have a change in their seizure pattern (i.e. new type of seizure, increased frequency of seizures), significant [saem.org]

[…] first-time seizure Discuss the work-up and disposition of patients presenting with recurrent seizures Describe appropriate management of status epilepticus Introduction Seizures [saem.org]

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Cardiogenic Syncope

Sinus pauses, sustained and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia episodes may also be substrates for a cardiogenic syncope. [symptoma.com]

The entire seizure lasted 54 seconds. [jnnp.bmj.com]

[…] and supraventricular tachycardia with rapid ventricular rate). [diseasesatoz.com]

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Meningitis

Some factors have however been identified that could worsen the prognosis and they include: Advanced age Low Glasgow Coma Scale Tachycardia Reduced CSF leucocyte count Presence [symptoma.com]

We report a rare case of large frontal sinus osteoma with intracranial extension, associated with meningitis and the development of seizures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Immediate resuscitation if required Clinical signs of shock or hypovolaemia are hypotension, poor peripheral perfusion, cool pale extremities, tachycardia with low volume [rch.org.au]

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Hypoxia

[…] eutrophication. hy·pox′ic adj. hypoxia [hīpok′sē·ə] Etymology: Gk, hypo oxys, sharp, genein, to produce inadequate oxygen tension at the cellular level, characterized by tachycardia [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

After extensive examination and consultation with neurology, the patient was diagnosed with hypoxia-induced seizure, but was not felt to have an underlying seizure disorder [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The signs include central cyanosis, frothy sputum, and crackles/wheezing in at least one lung field, tachypnea and tachycardia. 21,23 HAPE is most often misdiagnosed or mistreated [doi.org]

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

tachycardia or sinus tachycardia with intraventricular conduction delay after 5 minutes, and sinus tachycardia with marked ST-segment elevation in almost all leads after [circ.ahajournals.org]

None of the patients with epilepsy after discharge had electrographic seizures while hospitalized. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of the LV frequently do not match coronary artery distributions. 10 Other mechanisms of injury such as coronary vasospasm and supply-demand mismatch from hypertension and tachycardia [web.archive.org]

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Porphyria

On admission, she was noted to have hyponatremia, tachycardia, and hypertension. Then, she had episodes of seizure and confusion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Primary survey revealed: hypertension, tachycardia, abdominal pain, severe agitation, and confusion with an encephalopathy consistent with acute delirium, a Glasgow Coma Scale [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The second most common form, acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), is characterized by life-threatening attacks of severe abdominal pain, constipation, tachycardia, and neuropsychiatric [amboss.com]

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Tricyclic Antidepressant Overdose

Admission ECG's were abnormal in a high number of cases, most common abnormalities being sinus tachycardia (43%) and intraventricular conduction defects (24%). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

OBJECTIVES: To systematically review and summarize studies on the accuracy of ECG and tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) concentration as prognostic indicators of the risk of seizures [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sinus tachycardia with QRS prolongation may be difficult to distinguish from ventricular tachycardia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Acute Hepatic Porphyria

Patients usually present with abdominal pain, impaired intestinal motility, neurological and psychiatric symptoms, hypertension, tachycardia, hyponatriemia and reddish urine [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Seizures may occur in acute intermittent porphyria or other hepatic porphyrias. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Head, neck and chest pain are seen in approximately 50% of cases, as are hypertension, tachycardia, mental changes (restlessness, anxiety, insomnia, disorientation, paranoia [symptoma.com]

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Acute Intermittent Porphyria

We report here a 60-year-old non-alcoholic male who had typical manifestations of AIP, including abdominal pain, constipation, tachycardia, hypertension, mental disturbances [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This association is important because drugs used in the management of seizures may worsen an attack of AIP. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A Chinese female patient with very typical AIP symptoms of severe abdominal pain, seizures, hypertension, and tachycardia, accompanied with hyponatremia, anemia, and hyperbilirubinemia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium

Alcohol withdrawal delirium is characterized by features of alcohol withdrawal itself (tremor, sweating, hypertension, tachycardia etc.) together with general delirious symptoms [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Seizures Seizure, Alcoholic Seizure, Alcohol Withdrawal-Induced Seizures, Alcoholic Seizures, Alcohol Withdrawal-Induced Withdrawal-Induced Seizure, Alcohol Withdrawal-Induced [finto.fi]

In a stepwise multiple regression model, five risk factors were significantly correlated with the development of alcohol withdrawal delirium: current infectious disease; tachycardia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Barbiturate Withdrawal

Symptoms are similar to those of alcohol withdrawal and include tachycardia, seizures, tremor, and hyperreflexia. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Abstract Barbiturate withdrawal seizure susceptibility in rats increased with increasing duration of treatment during a 15-day treatment period in which the animals were given [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract BARBITURATES are commonly used to prevent epileptic seizures 1, but it has also been observed that susceptibility to ‘spontaneous’ seizure in both normal humans and [nature.com]

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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome

On exam, the alcoholic withdrawal response signs may include hyperventilation, tachycardia, tremor, hypertension, diaphoresis or hypothermia. [statpearls.com]

Withdrawal seizures: seizures occur within 48 hours of alcohol cessations and occur either as a single generalized tonic-clonic seizure or as a brief episode of multiple seizures [en.wikipedia.org]

Vital sign changes such as tachycardia and hypertension may occur concomitantly with acute drug withdrawal. [unboundmedicine.com]

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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Ablation of ventricular tachycardia. Herzschrittmachertherap Elektrophysiol 2007; 18:225–233. Hindricks G. [innovationsincrm.com]

Treatment of seizures Treatment of seizures depends on the underlying disorder causing the DIC. [epilepsy.com]

The clinical presentation of thyroid storm includes fever, tachycardia, hypertension, and neurological abnormalities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Salicylate Poisoning

Dizziness tachycardia and hyperventilation also occur. More severe poisoning can lead to delirium, agitation and convulsions. [gcs3.co.uk]

She had two episodes of seizures in PICU, one resolved spontaneously in 40secs, following which she was loaded with Levetiracetam. [n.neurology.org]

Other signs are diaphoresis, hyperactivity, and tachycardia. Hyperventilation leads to respiratory alkalosis, but not typically in children. [symptoma.com]

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Nicotine Poisoning

Minor effects correlated with e-cigarette liquid poisoning were tachycardia, tremor, chest pain and hypertension. [en.wikipedia.org]

All suffered medical complications including seizures (3 subjects), other central nervous system changes (8 subjects), cardiovascular effects (6 subjects), and respiratory [doi.org]

Benzodiazepines are the class of drugs used in managing seizures. [symptoma.com]

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Anaphylaxis

[…] interesting case of a 27-year-old male who experienced symptoms of anaphylaxis (shortness of breath, and swelling of the face, lips and tongue, which was followed by hypotension, tachycardia [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Seizures as a manifestation of anaphylaxis are rare with 1 study claiming 13% of cases of anaphylaxis having LOC and only 1.5% cases with loss of bladder or bowel control. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

On the third day of treatment with amikacin, the newborn suddenly developed tachypnea, tachycardia, angioedema and cyanosis. Anaphylaxis was diagnosed and treated. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hemophilia

The patient may have signs of pallor, fatigue, and tachycardia with excessive bleeding. [web.archive.org]

[…] aware of include: painful headache, stiff neck, vomiting, sleepiness, changed behavior, sudden weakness or balance issues, difficulty walking, double vision, convulsions and seizures [hemophilia.org]

Signs of hemorrhage include the following: General: Weakness, orthostasis, tachycardia, tachypnea Musculoskeletal (joints): Tingling, cracking, warmth, pain, stiffness, and [emedicine.com]

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Cicuta Maculata Poisoning

[…] diazepam 2 to 5 milligrams IV for adults Disulfiram Onset 2 to 72 h after mushroom, and 30 min after alcohol Coprinus atramentarius Clitocybe clavipes Headache, flushing, tachycardia [accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com]

MANAGEMENT: Treatment consists mainly of prompt airway management and seizure control, plus decontamination if achieved early and after stabilization. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

“Within 15 minutes of the call, emergency medical personnel arrived and found the younger man unresponsive and cyanotic with mild tachycardia, dilated pupils, and profuse [bangordailynews.com]

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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Electrocardiogram revealed supraventricular tachycardia. The arterial blood gas analysis was normal. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Contrary to the seizures, status epilepticus has been rarely observed in these conditions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The main clinical manifestations of acute CO poisoning consist of symptoms caused by alterations of the cardiovascular system such as initial tachycardia and hypertension, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Bacterial Meningitis

Shock: signs of shock include tachycardia and/or hypotension, respiratory distress, altered mental state and poor urine output. [patient.info]

However, their findings suggest that that the risk of bacterial meningitis in children presenting with simple febrile seizure is very low. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

low CSF white blood cell count, tachycardia, positive blood cultures, abnormal neurologic examination, fever), alcoholism, and pneumococcal infection. 11 – 13, 16 Mortality [aafp.org]

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Fabry Disease

Although ventricular tachycardia has been reported in male patients with Fabry disease, it is not thought to be a frequent finding in females. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] joint pain, intolerance to heat and exercise due to hypohidrosis and anhidrosis, dry eyes and dry mouth, hearing loss and tinnitus, aphasia, dysarthria, diplopia, vertigo, seizures [youtube.com]

Patients may present with transient ischemic attacks, vascular thromboses, seizures, or hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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