Pediatric status epilepticus: A perspective from Saudi Arabia

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 364-369

  Mah, Jean K ^a   Mah, Manuel W ^a  

^a

^b Saudi Arabia

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEIZURES; STATISTICS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0032969661     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00012-0     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Gastaut H. Clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures. Epilepsia. 11:1970;102-113.
2. Pellock J.M. Status epilepticus in children Update and review . J Child Neurol. 9:1994;S27-S35.
3. Phillips S.A., Shanahan R.J. Etiology and mortality of status epilepticus in children. Arch Neurol. 46:1989;74-76.
4. Maytal J., Shinnar S., Moshe S.L., Alvarez L.A. Low morbidity and mortality of status epilepticus in children. Pediatrics. 83:1989;323-331.
5. Aicardi J., Chevrie J.J. Convulsive status epilepticus in infants and in children A study of 239 cases . Epilepsia. 11:1970;187-197.
6. Aicardi J., Chevrie J.J. Consequences of status epilepticus in infants and children. Delgado-Escueta A.V., Wasterlain C.G., Treiman D.M., Porter R. Status epilepticus Mechanisms of brain damage and treatment . 1983;115-125 Raven Press, New York.
7. El Awad M.E., Vijayakumar E. Severe forms of status epilepticus. Ann Trop Paediatr. 11:1991;163-167.
8. Hauser A.W. Status epilepticus Frequency, etiology and neurological sequelae . Delgado-Escueta A.V., Wasterlain C.G., Treiman D.M., Porter R. Status epilepticus Mechanisms of brain damage and treatment . 1983;3-14 Raven Press, New York.
9. Gastaut H. Classification of status epilepticus. Delgado-Escueta A.V., Wasterlain C.G., Treiman D.M., Porter R. Status epilepticus Mechanisms of brain damage and treatment . 1983;15-35 Raven Press, New York.
10. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy . Proposal for revised clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures. Epilepsia 1981;22:489-501.
11. DeLorenzo R.J., Hauser W.A., Towne A.R., et al. A prospective, population-based epidemiologic study of status epilepticus in Richmond, Virginia. Neurology. 46:1996;1029-1035.
12. Segeleon J.E., Haun S.E. Status epilepticus in children. Pediatr Ann. 25:1996;380-386.
13. Canadian Pediatric Society . Management of the paediatric patient with generalized convulsive status epilepticus in the emergency department. CPS Statement: EP 95-01, 1995.
14. Lowenstein D.H., Alldredge B.K. Status epilepticus. N Engl J Med. 338:1998;970-976.
15. Roberts M.R., Eng-Bourqin J. Status epilepticus in children. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 13:1995;489-507.
16. Greenland S. Modeling and variable selection in epidemiologic analysis. Am J Public Health. 79:1989;340-349.
17. Lacroix J., Deal C., Gauthier M., Rousseau E., Farrell C.A. Admissions to a pediatric intensive care unit for status epilepticus A 10-year experience . Crit Care Med. 22:1994;827-832.
18. Dunn D.W. Status epilepticus in children Etiology, clinical features, and outcomes . J Child Neurol. 3:1988;167-173.
19. Maytal J., Novak G., Ascher C., Bienkowski R. Status epilepticus in children with epilepsy The role of antiepileptic drug levels in prevention . Pediatrics. 98:1996;1119-1121.
20. Hesdorffer D.C., Logroscino G., Cascino G., Annegers J.F., Hauser W.A. Incidence of status epilepticus in Rochester, Minnesota, 1965-1984. Neurology. 50:1998;735-741.
21. Ozand P.T., Devol E.B., Gascon G.G. Neurometabolic diseases at a national referral center Five years experience at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre . J Child Neurol. 7:1992;S4-S11.
22. Hauser W.A. Status epilepticus Epidemiologic considerations . Neurology. 40:(Suppl 2):1990;9-13.
23. Walker M.C., Howard R.S., Smith S.J., Miller D.H., Shorvon S.D., Hirsch N.P. Diagnosis and treatment of status epilepticus on a neurological intensive care unit. QJM. 89:1996;913-920.
24. Weise Kl., Bleck T.P. Status epilepticus in children and adults. Crit Care Clin. 13:1997;629-646.
25. Mitchell W.G. Status epilepticus and acute repetitive seizures in children, adolescents, and young adults Etiology, outcome, and treatment . Epilepsia. 37:(Suppl 1):1996;S74-S80.
26. Gross-Tsur V., Shinar S. Convulsive status epilepticus in children. Epilepsia. 34:(Suppl 1):1993;S12-S20.
27. Fernandez G., Effenberger O., Vinz B., et al. Hippocampal malformation as a cause of familial febrile convulsions and subsequent hippocampal sclerosis. Neurology. 50:1998;909-917.
28. A receptors. J Neurosci. 17:1997;7532-7540.