Status epilepticus: Clinical presentation, cause, outcome, and predictors of death in 119 Ethiopian patients

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 600-607

  Amare, Amanuel ^a,d   Zenebe, Guta ^a   Hammack, Julie ^b   Davey, Gail ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Complication; Epilepsy; Etiology; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BONE INJURY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN MALARIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPILEPTIC STATE; ETHIOPIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENCEPHALITIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STROKE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43349102456     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01556.x     Document Type: Article

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