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EPUNA
Introduction
EPUNA is an acronym for Episode of Unusual, Neurologic Activity or Episode of Prolonged Unusual, Neurologic Activity.
Its use began among nurses in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit searching for a way to describe “seizure like” activity that did not meet the medical definition of a seizure.
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Editor-In-Chief: Template:Search infobox C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]