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Emergency surgery for refractory status epilepticus

Indian Pediatrics, 2017
Management of refractory status epilepticus in children is extremely challenging.Two children with medically refractory status epilepticus, both of whom had lesional pathology on MRI and concordant data on EEG and PET scan.Emergency hemispherotomy performed in both patients.
Abhijeet, Botre, Vrajesh, Udani, Neelu, Desai, Spoorthy, Jagadish, Milind, Sankhe   +4 more
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Delayed and deferred surgery associated with cenobamate use in people with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Cenobamate has been shown to be an effective antiseizure medication for some patients with drug‐resistant focal epilepsy being considered for epilepsy surgery. This retrospective single‐center study evaluated whether surgery was obtained within 12 months for patients who received cenobamate as a treatment during the presurgical ...
Jacob Pellinen, Stefan Sillau, Aimee Bui, Alexandra Danciutiu, Lesley Kaye, Ashvin Sood, Louis Ferrari, William E. Rosenfeld, Christopher Elder   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intracranial electroencephalographic approaches in the intensive care unit: Safety, feasibility, and coverage

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Nonconvulsive epileptic activity is common after acute brain injury and contributes to neuronal injury and poor outcomes. Although intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) improves detection compared with surface EEG (suEEG), it currently relies on focal recordings of epileptic dynamics.
Steven Smeijers, Mariella Segreti, Anaïs Van Hoylandt, Jeroen Gijs, Johannes van Loon, Lauranne Scheldeman, Bart Depreitere, Tom Theys   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early polytherapy for benzodiazepine-refractory status epilepticus. [PDF]

, 2019
The transition from single seizures to status epilepticus (SE) is associated with malaptive trafficking of synaptic gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) and glutamate receptors. The receptor trafficking hypothesis proposes that these changes are key events in
Baldwin, Roger, de Araujo Furtado, Marcio, Franco-Estrada, Ireri, Lumley, Lucille, Naylor, David, Niquet, Jerome, Rossetti, Franco, Schultz, Mark, Suchomelova, Lucie, Wasterlain, Claude G   +9 more
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Risk Factors Associated with Death in In-Hospital Pediatric Convulsive Status Epilepticus [PDF]

, 2012
Objective: To evaluate in-patient mortality and predictors of death associated with convulsive status epilepticus (SE) in a large, multi-center, pediatric cohort.
Alshekhlee, Amer, Gulati, Deepak, Kothare, Sanjeev Vithal, Koubeissi, Mohamad Z., Loddenkemper, Tobias, Ramgopal, Sriram, Syed, Tanvir U., Thanaviratananich, Sikawat   +7 more
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Refractory convulsive status epilepticus in childhood

Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo, 2004
Refractory convulsive status epilepticus (RCSE) is life-threatening condition, with seizures lasting over one hour and not responding to first and second-line anticonvulsant drug therapy. Any mistreatment or delayed proper treatment significantly increase mortality and neurologic sequelae.
Nikola, Dimitrijević, Dragana, Bogićević, Dimitrije, Nikolić, Vesna, Mitić, Nevenka, Vunjak, Snezana, Rsovac   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Management of ring chromosome 20 syndrome: Narrative review and consensus recommendations

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Ring chromosome 20 (ring 20) is a rare genetic condition usually presenting as developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. The disease is caused by fusion of the long and short arms of chromosome 20. Patients are symptomatic even if there is no loss of genetic material.
Asma Khamis, Emilia Ricci, Maria Paola Canevini, Lieven Lagae, Kentaro Tokumoto, Yushi Inoue, Tim Buckinx, Allison Watson, Kenneth A. Myers   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus: An Atypical Presentation and Case-Based Review

Archives of Epilepsy, 2015
Super-refractory status epilepticus is known to typically arise either from a distinct underlying cause or, in patients with no history of epilepsy, from no overt cause.
Chiazor Udochukwu ONYIA, Morenikeji A. KOMOLAFE, Ayo M. ADEBIYI, Olusegun OYEWOLE, Fola A. FAPONLE   +4 more
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New-Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus Mimicking Herpes Virus Encephalitis

Case Reports in Neurology, 2013
New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is a recently defined clinical entity that describes patients who present with status epilepticus of unclear etiology that is highly refractory to therapy.
Gianfranco Puoti, Andrea Elefante, Dario Saracino, Antonella Capasso, Roberto Cotrufo, Clara Belluomo Anello   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source