The new International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) seizure classifications were presented at the American Epilepsy Society conference during the Annual Fundamentals Symposium: The New Definition and Classification of Epilepsy on Friday, December 2, 2016.
The 2017 ILAE Seizure Classifications were created by numerous individuals over the past 12 years, according to the presenter Robert Fisher, MD, PhD, who was also a part of the Seizure Classification and Revision Task Forces for the guidelines.
The classifications were approved by the ILAE just 1 week prior to the presentation. Attendees of the session were the first to see these classifications, highlighting the advantage of attending conferences.
The previous international classifications had been in effect since 1981, but since then, there has been much advancement in the areas of epilepsy treatment and research.
According to the session, there were multiple reasons to revise the classifications. The 1981 classifications made it difficult to classify certain seizures. Furthermore, they did not use consciousness as an aspect of seizures, even though it can help physicians to diagnose epilepsy. In addition, certain important seizure types were not included in the previous classifications, and certain terms were used that are not fully accepted or understood by the public.
The 2017 ILAE Seizure Classifications were created by numerous individuals over the past 12 years, according to the presenter Robert Fisher, MD, PhD, who was also a part of the Seizure Classification and Revision Task Forces for the guidelines.
The classifications were approved by the ILAE just 1 week prior to the presentation. Attendees of the session were the first to see these classifications, highlighting the advantage of attending conferences.
The previous international classifications had been in effect since 1981, but since then, there has been much advancement in the areas of epilepsy treatment and research.
According to the session, there were multiple reasons to revise the classifications. The 1981 classifications made it difficult to classify certain seizures. Furthermore, they did not use consciousness as an aspect of seizures, even though it can help physicians to diagnose epilepsy. In addition, certain important seizure types were not included in the previous classifications, and certain terms were used that are not fully accepted or understood by the public.
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