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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine, 2016 Although the majority of seizures are brief and cause no long-term consequences, a subset is sufficiently prolonged that long-term consequences can result. These very prolonged seizures are termed "status epilepticus" (SE) and are considered a neurological emergency. The clinical presentation of SE can be diverse.
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Immunotherapy for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: Experience from a single center in Taiwan
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2019 Background: Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is an anti-neuronal antibody-mediated inflammatory brain disease that causes severe psychiatric and neurological deficits in previously healthy patients.
Shu-Sing Kong +11 more
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Study of refractory status epilepticus from a tertiary care center
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2017 Objectives: To determine the proportion of refractory status epilepticus (RSE) and super-RSE (SRSE) among patients with status epilepticus (SE) and to analyze RSE and non-RSE (NRSE) in terms of etiology and predictors for RSE.
Sahil Kohli +7 more
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Treatment of Status Epilepticus [PDF]
Journal of Neurocritical Care, 2016 Status epilepticus is a severe neurological disease associated with substantial mortality and health-care cost. Treatment of status epilepticus should proceed without delay even in the pre-hospital setting because prolonged generalized convulsive ...
Gha-Hyun Lee, Dae Soo Jung
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Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2021 Background: Status epileptics are classically defined as seizures that are continuous for 30 minutes or longer or repetitive seizures between which the patient does not regain consciousness. This study reports a case of a boy with a 2-hour seizure.
Amal Yousif +2 more
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Death within 8 years after childhood convulsive status epilepticus:a population-based study [PDF]
, 2011 The risk of long-term mortality and its predictors following convulsive status epilepticus in childhood are uncertain. We report mortality within 8 years after an episode of convulsive status epilepticus, and investigate its predictors from a paediatric,
B. G. R. Neville +21 more
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Management of Status Epilepticus
Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, 2019 Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening neurologic condition that requires immediate assessment and intervention. Over the past few decades, the duration of seizure required to define status epilepticus has shortened, reflecting the need to start ...
Ritesh Lamsal, Navindra R. Bista
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Ontogenic study of lithium-pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus in rats. [PDF]
, 1992 Lithium is known to potentiate the ability of pilocarpine to induce status epilepticus in rats. The goal of this study was to determine whether lithium could potentiate pilocarpine-induced seizures in developing animals.
Baram, TZ, Hirsch, E, Snead, OC
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Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2009 Status epilepticus (SE) is a medical emergency associated with significant morbidity and mortality. SE is defined as a continuous seizure lasting more than 30 min, or two or more seizures without full recovery of consciousness between any of them. Based on recent understanding of the pathophysiology, it is now considered that any seizure that lasts ...
Cherian, Ajith, Thomas, Sanjeev V.
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Status epilepticus: impact of therapeutic coma on outcome. [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVES: Therapeutic coma is advocated in guidelines for management of refractory status epilepticus; this is, however, based on weak evidence. We here address the specific impact of therapeutic coma on status epilepticus outcome.
Burnand, B. +5 more
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