Recurrent Seizures Following Cardiac Surgery: Risk Factors and Outcomes in a Historical Cohort Study

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1206-1211

  Manji, Rizwan A ^a,b,c   Grocott, Hilary P ^a,b,c   Manji, Jacqueline S ^a   Menkis, Alan H ^a,c   Jacobsohn, Eric ^a,b  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anticonvulsants; cardiac surgery; follow up; recurrent seizures; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CREATININE; PROPOFOL; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT SEIZURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA SURGERY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; BLOOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEIZURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84944147635     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.03.020     Document Type: Article

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