Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in patients suffering spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 805-811

  Little, Andrew S ^a   Kerrigan, John F ^a   McDougall, Cameron G ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a   Albuquerque, Felipe C ^a   Nakaji, Peter ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; LORAZEPAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 34247863838     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2007.106.5.805     Document Type: Article

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