Results 31 to 40 of about 22,085 (271)

Febrile infection-related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES): a severe encephalopathy with status epilepticus. Literature review and presentation of two new cases

open access: yesItalian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022
FIRES is defined as a disorder that requires a prior febrile infection starting between 2 weeks and 24 h before the onset of the refractory status epilepticus with or without fever at the onset of status epilepticus.
Piero Pavone   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making SENSE--Sustained Effort Network for treatment of Status Epilepticus as a multicenter prospective registry. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Evidence regarding the different treatment options of status epilepticus (SE) in adults is scarce. Large randomized trials cover only one treatment at early stage and suggest the superiority of benzodiazepines over placebo, of intravenous ...
Kellinghaus, C.   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Effect of oxidative stress on ABC transporters: contribution to epilepsy pharmacoresistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder affecting around 1%-2% of population worldwide and its treatment includes use of antiepileptic drugs to control seizures. Failure to respond to antiepileptic drug therapy is a major clinical problem and over expression
Grewal, G. K.   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Refractory status epilepticus

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2014
Refractory status epilepticus is a potentially life-threatening medical emergency. It requires early diagnosis and treatment. There is a lack of consensus upon its semantic definition of whether it is status epilepticus that continues despite treatment ...
Sanjay P Singh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Status Epilepticus and Beyond: A Clinical Review of Status Epilepticus and an Update on Current Management Strategies in Super-refractory Status Epilepticus [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2017
Status epilepticus and refractory status epilepticus represent some of the most complex conditions encountered in the neurological intensive care unit. Challenges in management are common as treatment options become limited and prolonged hospital courses
Roy Poblete, Gene Sung
doaj   +1 more source

Clinically indicated electrical stimulation strategies to treat patients with medically refractory epilepsy. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Focal epilepsies represent approximately half of all diagnoses, and more than one-third of these patients are refractory to pharmacologic treatment.
Gurkoff, Gene   +5 more
core   +1 more source

A Case of Autoimmune Encephalitis with Refractory Status Epilepticus

open access: yesArchives of Epilepsy, 2019
Refractory status epilepticus is usually caused by a severe brain injury and has a high rate of mortality and morbidity despite the infusion of antiepileptic drugs and anesthetic agents.
Merve Melodi ÇAKAR   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment of pediatric convulsive status epilepticus

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2023
Status epilepticus is one of the most common life-threatening neurological emergencies in childhood with the highest incidence in the first 5 years of life and high mortality and morbidity rates.
Lena-Luise Becker   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘The great imitator’: Neurosyphilis and new-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) syndrome

open access: yesEpilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2015
New-onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is a syndrome of new-onset drug resistant status epilepticus that often has a catastrophic outcome. A 30-year-old man of Somali origin presented with refractory status to a district general hospital.
Sonia Kumari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fenfluramine in the successful treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus in a patient with Dravet syndrome

open access: yesEpilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2021
A 20-year-old woman with Dravet syndrome and multiple prior episodes of status epilepticus presented to our hospital in November 2018 in super-refractory status epilepticus.
David Millett, Suzanne Pach
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy