Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: A diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in the intensive care setting

Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-181

  Holtkamp, Martin ^a   Meierkord, Hartmut ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anticonvulsant treatment; diagnostic pitfalls; electroencephalogram patterns; encephalopathies; nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; HARKOSERIDE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PIRACETAM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PREGABALIN; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN TOXICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEMENTIA; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GASTRIOPARESIS; GENERALIZED CONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HEART FAILURE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFUSION MOTOR ARTEFACT; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SEIZURE; SEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; SIMPLE PARTIAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS SEVERITY SCORE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 79956159745     PISSN: 17562856     EISSN: 17562864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1756285611403826     Document Type: Review

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