Health knowledge made personal
Please enter a search word or phrase.
The search word cannot have more than 100 characteres.
Status Epilepticus - Articles
Paucis Verbis card: Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Fri 21 Jan 2011 12:00am
How do you manage patients who present in status epilepticus, knowing that "time is CNS function"? The longer patients remain seizing, the greater their morbidity and mortality.
Did you know that one study showed that 48% of their patients who presented in generalized convulsive status epilepticus (GCSE) had subtle persistent GCSE on EEG
Read on »
Status Epilepticus, You Are Just a Big Bully!
by
patientanonymous
Posted
Mon 23 Aug 2010 12:00am
stupid. But hey, Dr. PA can’t know everything, right?
When most people think of Status Epilepticus (or just “Status” as we epilepsy folks tend call it) everyone sees an extended..., hyperthermia.
Please note that this list may not be exhaustive. The information has been obtained from the Neurology section of Medscape. Also, please note that Status Epilepticus
Read on »
Status Epilepticus : A Medical Emergency
by
Dr. Lawrence Kindo
Posted
Fri 18 Jun 2010 12:00am
A medical emergency that requires immediate recognition and treatment, Status Epilepticus requires expertise and due training to manage. By definition, Status Epilepticus... – Metabolic derangements, stroke
Status epilepticus can present in many different ways. Loss of consciousness with generalized bilateral involvement of skeletal muscles
Read on »
The Typical Absence Status Epilepticus. Now What?
by
patientanonymous
Posted
Wed 12 Jan 2011 12:00am
the Typical Absence Status Epilepticus. Yes, the Depakene caused problems with my memory, but not significantly enough to allow me forget that. Surprisingly, one thing it didn’t do..., where is my Typical Absence Status Epilepticus? I am not sick (except for some pesky virus.) Has it simply not struck yet? Will I wake up tomorrow and have it greet me? Or maybe
Read on »
Refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
by
Terry S.
Posted
Mon 02 Aug 2010 3:09pm
Refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Epileptic Disorders. Volume 1, Number 1, February 2009, Clinical commentary with video sequences... progressive dementia, behavioural changes, cerebellar dysfunction and myoclonus. Other seizure types are rare and nonconvulsive status epilepticus (SE) is exceptional. We report a case
Read on »
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease mimicking nonconvulsive status epilepticus
by
Terry S.
Posted
Thu 06 May 2010 9:20am
disease mimicking nonconvulsive status epilepticus
B. Lapergue MD, S. Demeret MD, V. Denys MD, J. L. Laplanche PharmD, PhD, D. Galanaud MD, PhD, M. Verny MD, V. Sazdovitch MD, M...: vincent.navarro@psl.aphp.fr .
Background: Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) in patients with confusion may be difficult to distinguish from nonepileptic (metabolic/toxic, postanoxic
Read on »
Status emailicus
by
Dr. John H.
Posted
Wed 25 Nov 2009 10:00pm
have noticed a trend in all these meetings. The number of emails that people receive each day exceeds their ability to respond to them, so they develop "status emailicus" - a bit like status epilepticus (persistent seizures) but it involves retrieving a blackberry, iPhone, or other mobile device from its holster every 15 seconds throughout
Read on »
So the plot thickens
by
Gertrude
Posted
Tue 14 Oct 2008 4:59am
I went to check my seizure patient's chart and surprisingly his tox screen was completely clean. His other labs were relatively normal considering his condition. The only other finding was his troponin that was elevated slightly. Urine was clear, cbc was clear. I didn't see his head CT results but they admitted him to ICU for status epilepticus. So
Read on »
Neurologist Appointment
by
Sarah
Posted
Mon 21 Jun 2010 12:25am
absence seizures. They did increase her Epilim dose after these recent seizures and at this stage he wants to keep her on the same dose until she has her next status epilepticus and then he will increase them again.
He said also told me something that I had failed to realise, all Violet's seizures have resulted in status epilepticus since she started having
Read on »
