Nonconvulsive status epilepticus in adults: Electroclinical differences between proper and comatose forms

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-251

  Fernández Torre, José L ^a,b   Rebollo, Mariano ^a   Gutiérrez, Agustín ^a   López Espadas, Francisco ^a   Hernández Hernández, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absence status epilepticus; Coma; Complex partial status epilepticus; Electroencephalogram; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; LEVOFLOXACIN; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ABSENCE; ABSENCE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMA; COMATOSE PATIENT; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONCONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SIMPLE PARTIAL SEIZURE; SIMPLE PARTIAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855528512     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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