Non-convulsive Status Epilepticus and Non-convulsive Seizures in Neurological ICU Patients

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 202-211

  Laccheo, Ikuko ^a,b   Sonmezturk, Hasan ^c   Bhatt, Amar B ^c   Tomycz, Luke ^d   Shi, Yaping ^c   Ringel, Marianna ^c   DiCarlo, Gina ^c   Harris, De Angelo ^c   Barwise, John ^c   Abou Khalil, Bassel ^c   Haas, Kevin F ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered mental status; Critical care; EEG; Neurological ICU; Non convulsive seizures; Non convulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NON CONVULSIVE EPILEPTIC STATE; NON CONVULSIVE SEIZURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; SEIZURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84925507841     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-014-0070-0     Document Type: Article

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