Postoperative pseudostatus: Not everything that shakes is epilepsy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-78

  Reuber, M ^a   Enright, S M ^a   Goulding, P J ^b  

^a PINDERFIELDS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Complications; Epilepsy; General; Psychogenic seizures

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; VIGABATRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOGENIC SEIZURE; RESPIRATORY ARREST; SEIZURE THRESHOLD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 0033970677     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2000.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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