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Encefalopatía Epiléptica, Síndrome de West
(Universidad Técnica de Ambato-Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud-Carrera Medicina, 2016-05-01) López Poveda, Lucía Maribel; Lana Saavedra, Héctor Enrique Dr. Esp.
West syndrome is a pediatric epileptic encephalopathy age-dependent characterized by the classic triad: epileptic spasms, hypsarrhythmic pattern and psychomotor retardation. It starts in the majority during the 1st year of life, with an incidence between 3 and 12 months old. The objective of this research is to describe the clinical presentation and the flaws in the health system that impede the timely treatment of these patients, this case is a male patient infant under 6 months of age, presents sudden movements of upper limbs and chest flexed forward, squinting up, followed by loud crying until sleep of 10 minutes, by several times a day, go to the health center where they are slow to make reference, go to HPDA emergency where it is not treated and finally go to the outpatient clinic where it is valued and your income is decided. He is hospitalized, seeing the seriousness of the symptoms you decide to start treatment with Valproic Acid at a dose of 15 mg / kg / dose. TAC then performed additional tests: frontal cortical atrophy; EEG slowing and disorganization of brain electrical activity (hypsarrhythmia) determining a diagnosis of West syndrome