Refractory status epilepticus treated with trigeminal nerve stimulation

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 600-603

  Moseley, Brian D ^a   DeGiorgio, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Refractory status epilepticus; Status epilepticus; TNS; Trigeminal nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; HARKOSERIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PREGABALIN; PRIMIDONE; RUFINAMIDE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARM JERKING; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BRAIN DEATH; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXTERNAL TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL GRIMACING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORNING DOSAGE; NAUSEA; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SEIZURE ACTIVITY; SEIZURE, EPILEPSY AND CONVULSION; SKIN IRRITATION; STEREOTYPED VOCALIZATION; STEREOTYPY; VOCALIZATION;

CRITICAL CARE; REFRACTORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TNS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 84895471907     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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