VALIDITY OF STARTING ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY AFTER FIRST CONVULSIVE SEIZURE IN CHILDREN
As a result of survey of 190 children with paroksyzmal conditions, there were revealed 14, whom antiepileptik therapy was prescribed after fist seizure. It was defined that such therapeutic tactics may be justified in patients with organik damage of the ...
Ye. S. Fetisova, N. N. Maslova
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Convulsive syndrome in children is manifested in the three forms: febrile convulsions in acute infections, symptomatic convulsions during acute neuroinfection, as well as onset of epilepsy requiring careful differentiation to prescribe adequate therapy ...
L. A. Alekseeva +4 more
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Match point in Kartápolis or the art of novelizing by José Siles
In the present paper we comment on the novel by José Siles González, “Kartápolis. The nurse of the San Simón”. Novel “polyphonic” in which the author satirizes the current society through a “chronotope”, Kartápolis, a shady business place, “polieventos ...
Francisco Herrera Rodríguez
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Creatine phosphokinase elevation exacerbated by levetiracetam therapy
A 19-year-old muscular male with a history of epilepsy presented following two convulsive events. Levetiracetam (LEV) was given as an additional therapy, resulting in a marked boost in creatine phosphokinase (CPK) that could not easily be explained by ...
Julia E. Isaacson +2 more
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EFFECTS OF ELECTRO CONVULSIVE THERAPY ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN PATIENTS OF DEPRESSIVE EPISODE
Objectives: The objective of the study was to determine the effect of Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) on cognitive functions in patients of depressive episode.
Akram Hamdani +2 more
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Clinical variants of limbic encephalitis
The clinical picture of immunomediator disorders of the central nervous system resulting from autoimmune or paraneoplastic processes is often represented by the limbic symptom complex or limbic encephalitis. The article gives a brief description of these
Haggai Schermann +4 more
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Post-seizures amygdaloallocortical microvascular lesion leading to atrophy and memory impairment
Although the incidence of seizures after a cerebrovascular event including intracerebral hemorrhage has been widely recognized, the present studies have demonstrated that generalized convulsive seizures can cause multifocal amygdaloallocortical ...
Sima Mraovitch +4 more
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Assessment of Nurses' Role in Caring for Psychiatric Patients Receiving Electro-Convulsive Therapy
Psychiatric nurses have an important and active role to play in insuring safety for patients undergoing ECT, (Electric-convulsive treatment) and receive accurate information about the treatment. The role of psychiatric nurses in monitoring and preventing
Mervat H. Shalaby +3 more
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Recent Updates on Electro-Convulsive Therapy in Patients with Depression. [PDF]
Park MJ +6 more
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A comparative study of propofol, thiopentone sodium, and ketofol as induction agents for electro convulsive therapy. [PDF]
Gaddam NR +4 more
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