Nonconvulsive status epilepticus as a possible cause of coma in neurosurgical intensive care

Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-179

  Kuchta, J ^a   Klug, N ^b   Ernestus, R I ^b  

^a IWIZ Spine Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coma; EEG; Intensive care; NCSE; Non convulsive

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SEIZURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 77949905647     PISSN: 00444251     EISSN: 14389746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1224168     Document Type: Article

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