Electroconvulsive therapy for refractory status epilepticus: A case series

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-210

  Kamel, Hooman ^a   Cornes, Susannah Brock ^a   Hegde, Manu ^a   Hall, Stephen E ^b   Josephson, S Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsants; Electroconvulsive therapy; Status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 77953619096     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9288-7     Document Type: Article

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