Cover of The Book of Seizures by Dr. Mohamed Najm
Definitive Edition · 2026 · Free

The Book of Seizures

A Comprehensive Guide from Ancient Mysteries to Modern Medicine

Dr. Mohamed Najm

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What it is

One argument, seventeen chapters.

The seizure tells you what to treat. The syndrome tells you what will make it worse. The drug is chosen for the patient, not for the diagnosis alone — and the titration schedule is part of the drug.

Written for emergency physicians, intensivists, neurologists and trainees. Chapter 9 (the formulary) and Chapter 12 (status epilepticus) are the two you will open at three in the morning; everything else exists so those two are used correctly.

Pages
55
Structure
4 books · 17 chapters
Formulary
27 antiseizure medications in full
Language
English
Published
4 October 2026
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 — share freely with credit; no sale or modification
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.23140760
Contents

Seeing, choosing, acting, becoming.

Book OneSeeing

  1. 1The Ancient Dance  · history
  2. 2Making Sense of the Chaos  · ILAE 2017
  3. 3The Art of Watching  · semiology
  4. 4Reading the Brain’s Diary  · EEG
  5. 5The Detective Work  · diagnosis
  6. 6When the Mind Plays Tricks  · syndromes

Book TwoChoosing

  1. 7One Synapse, Every Target  · mechanisms
  2. 8Spectrum, and the Drugs That Make Seizures Worse
  3. 9The Formulary  · 27 agents
  4. 10Combinations That Do Harm
  5. 11The Patient Modifies the Drug  · pregnancy, age, levels

Book ThreeActing

  1. 12Status Epilepticus  · the clock is the treatment
  2. 13Seizures in the ICU
  3. 14Cutting Edge  · surgery and neuromodulation
  4. 15SUDEP, and the Conversations You Must Have

Book FourBecoming

  1. 16How to Confirm You Are a Bad Epileptologist
  2. 17What Is Coming  · genes, molecules, machines
Practise

189 questions, written from the book

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How to cite

Najm M. The Book of Seizures: A Comprehensive Guide from Ancient Mysteries to Modern Medicine. Definitive Edition. Zenodo; 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23140760

Found an error?

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