1. Pediatric Antiepileptic Treatment Strategies

3. Introduction

4. Factors Influencing Treatment Choice

5. Patient Case: Jack

6. Patient Case: Jack (cont)

7. Patient Case: Jack (cont)

8. Correct Diagnosis and Treatment Approach?

9. Could It Be Benign Focal Epilepsy?

10. Factors to Be Considered Early On

11. Patient Case: Jack (cont)

12. Possible Reasons for Breakthrough Seizures

13. Other Approaches With the Second AED?

14. Use of Watchful Waiting and Imaging

15. Patient Case: Jack (cont)

16. Potential Reasons for Seizures

17. Adherence Rates in a Scottish Population Cohort

18. Discussing Adherence With Parents

19. Definitive Diagnosis? Where to Go From Here

20. Definitive Diagnosis? Where to Go From Here (cont)

21. Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: ILAE Definition

22. Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Considerations

23. Effect of Early Seizures on Outcome

24. NICE Guidelines: Highlights From General Information on Pharmacologic Treatment

25. ILAE Summary Level of Evidence by Seizure Type for Pharmacologic Treatment

26. Paucity of Data on AEDs in Childhood Epilepsy

27. MHRA Safety Update in the United Kingdom: Risk-Based Categories for Switching Products

28. Patient Case: Jack (cont)

29. Neuropsychological and Neurobehavioral Development

30. NICE: Specialist Referral

31. Ketogenic Diet

32. Patient Case: Next Steps

33. Concluding Remarks

34. Abbreviations