Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in palliative care patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 460-465

  Lorenzl, Stefan ^a   Mayer, Simon ^a   Feddersen, Berend ^a   Jox, Ralf ^a   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a   Borasio, Gian Domenico ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

NCSE; prospective study; Status epilepticus; terminally ill; treatment

Indexed keywords

ETIRACETAM; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; NYSTAGMUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICONVULSANTS; DELIRIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956413042     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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