What Focal Consciousness Really Means re Seizures - Prof. Sándor Beniczky, Filadelfia, Denmark
There's been a small but significant update re focal seizure terminology. Prof. Sándor Beniczky breaks down why "consciousness" is now the key term used to describe focal seizures and why this change helps people with an epilepsy and clinicians.
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About Sándor
Sándor Beniczky is board-certified neurologist, clinical neurophysiologist, and epileptologist. He is also Clinical Professor of Neurophysiology at University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet), Head of the Clinical Neurophysiology Department at the Danish Epilepsy Centre ( Filadelfia Epilepsihospital og sociale tilbud.), Editor-in-chief of Epileptic Disorders, and a member of the Education Council, the Congress Council, and the Publication Council of the ILAE.
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Topics mentioned
Focal seizures
Seizure terminology
Related paper
“Persons with epilepsy and their caregivers understand the definition of ictal impairment of consciousness” - Epilepsia, K. J. Marcinsky Nascimento, F. A. Nascimento, T. Robinson, B. Frauscher, E. Trinka, S. Benizky, 16 Feb 2026, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/epi.70154