Low frequency nonevolving generalized periodic epileptiform discharges and the borderland of hypoxic nonconvulsive status epilepticus in comatose patients after cardiac arrest

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 255-262

  Koutroumanidis, Michalis ^a,b   Sakellariou, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Background activity; EEG; NCSE; Propofol; Reactivity; Window of sedation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; PHENYTOIN; PROPOFOL; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMATOSE PATIENT; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CENTER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANOXIA; COMA; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPSY; HEART ARREST; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCLONUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; PROGNOSIS; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84938984286     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2015.04.060     Document Type: Article

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