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Introduction. Acute symptomatic seizures are frequent in the critically ill patient and can be difficult to treat. The novel anticonvulsant perampanel may be effective in the treatment of status epilepticus considering its mechanism of action of being an
Christopher R. Newey+4 more
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Intensive care management of status epilepticus
Status epilepticus (SE) is a life-threatening neurological emergency that requires prompt diagnosis and treatment. SE may be classified into convulsive and non-convulsive types, based on the presence of rhythmic jerking of the extremities.
Nidhi Gupta
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Status epilepticus in the childhood. A Review of seven years [PDF]
Rev Neurol. 2000 Mar 1-15;30(5):414-8. [Status epilepticus in the childhood. A review of seven years] [Article in Spanish] Oliveira D, Oliveira MJ, Alves V, Temudo T. Hospital Geral de Santo António, Porto, Portugal.
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The mortality and incidence of sequelae of status epilepticus of varying causes was studied in 193 children, ages 1 month to 18 years (mean, 5 years), followed for a mean period of 13.2 months in the Division of Pediatric Neurology, Montefiore Medical ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Primary Amoebic (Naegleria fowleri) Meningoencephalitis Presenting as Status Epilepticus [PDF]
Primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rare entity. Usual presenting features are fever, headache and seizures with meningeal signs and this disease carries high mortality rate.
Bharti, V+5 more
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Azathioprine [PDF]
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a rare syndrome that presents with neurological manifestations, often associated with arterial hypertension.
Corte-Real, A, Vilas-Boas, S
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Immunotherapy for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: Experience from a single center in Taiwan
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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"Electro-clinical Syndromes" with onset in Paediatric Age. the highlights of the clinical-EEG, genetic and therapeutic advances [PDF]
The genetic causes underlying epilepsy remain largely unknown, and the impact of available genetic data on the nosology of epilepsy is still limited.
Alberto Verrotti+7 more
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Interleucina-1ß, crisis convulsivas y muerte neuronal
La epilepsia es un trastorno neurológico que afecta aproximadamente al 1% de la población mundial. Estudios realizados en humanos y animales de experimentación sugieren que mediadores de inflamación, como las citocinas, participan en la fisiopatología de
Jesús S Medel-Matus+4 more
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Super-refractory status epilepticus and ischemic stroke: A clinical case report
Generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) is the most dangerous type of status epilepticus. The paper describes a clinical case of a 33-year-old female patient admitted to an intensive care unit for diagnosed ischemic stroke in the posterior ...
A. S. Kotov+4 more
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