Print This Page     Close Window Consult Request Guidelines for Seizures/Epilepsy - New onset/worsening     Seizures/Epilepsy - New onset/worsening Suggested Pre-Referral Evaluation and Management Guidelines First seizure should be evaluated in ED, assess worsening seizures for new seizure types, compliance and changes in sleep/hormones/stress Suggested Additional Test/Management Prior to Specialty Visit Obtain witnessed description of event, check anticonvulsant levels, CBC and SGOT/SGPT. Consider epilepsy-protocol brain MRI and EEG in patients with new seizures.(ED) Patient Education/Information (includes preps) 1) Avoid sleep deprivation, counsel about compliance, no driving 6 months after a seizure 2) Seizures Appointment Timeframe - New seizure: to ED for evaluation - Change in seizure type or frequency: call for next available epilepsy appointment How to Get Results to Consultant UMHS Patients: See MiChart External Patients: Hand carry non-UM records and MRI films to visit Clinic Contact Information Physicians: 800-962-3555 Patients: 734-936-9020 Clinic Location Sites Taubman Health Care Center UM Consulting Physician Simon Malcolm Glynn Daniela N. Minecan , M.D. Temenuzhka Georgieva Mihaylova MD Jack M. Parent , M.D. William Charles Stacey MD, PhD Linda Selwa , M.D. Revised on: 10/01/2012