[PDF] Top 20 Status Epilepticus in Children: A Study of 54 Cases

... definitions, 54 patients were selected, 47 patients had ge- neralized convulsive status (grand mal), 2 patients had partial SE, 3 patients had non-convulsive SE and 2 patients had tonic ... See full document

... Quality control and quality assurance measures are in place to ensure that all elements of the EcLiPSE study are performed in compliance with applicable regulatory re- quirements. These are undertaken by the Trial ... See full document

... Analysis will be by intention to treat. Results from un- adjusted comparisons between groups will be reported, together with analyses adjusted for possible imbalances between groups for results with appropriate data ... See full document

... Epilepsy Study Consortium; Travel/Accommodations/Meeting Expenses Unrelated to Ac- tivities Listed: travel reimbursed from the International League Against Epilepsy, where I serve on several task forces in the ... See full document

... population-based study has been carried out in Richmond, Virginia (DeLorenzo et ...1996). Cases o f status epilepticus presenting to the hospitals in the study area were ascertained; ... See full document

... SE study have used times of ten and five minutes respectively ...407 children, and concluded that seizures lasting longer than five to ten minutes were unlikely to stop spontaneously, and should be treated ... See full document

... and children in the pre-hospital care of patients with frequent ...A study of 21 adult patients with medically refractory epilepsy, 124 seizure-exacerbations were treated by their caregivers, alternatively ... See full document

... febrile status epilepticus is now considered a type of complex febrile seizure (Waruiru, 2004) and risk factor identification is not possible between two similar ...participating children was ... See full document

... ence, parents are typically extremely upset because convulsive SE treatment in a child with epilepsy implies ambu- lance transport and emergency care. After the SE has stopped, there are 4 main issues regarding ... See full document

... four children had partial seizures, myoclonic status in one child and Lennox-Gastaut status in two ...refractory status epilepticus was ...established status epilepticus ... See full document

... 118 children with Status Epilepticus (SE) were treated in our ...68 cases were boys and 50 were ...the study population was 1.36:1 These children ranged in their age from 31 days ... See full document

... retrospective study on the clinical profile, immediate outcome and possible risk factors of SE in pediatric age group admitted to PICU in a tertiary care ...This study conclude that there is a need to abort ... See full document

... included adverse events to treatment, in-hospital complications and neurological outcome during discharge. All patients were monitored for vitals, ECG, seizure activity and GCS where ever required every 5 minutes for 2 ... See full document

... The study group included all patients younger than 15 years of age who were admitted with a diagnosis of status epilepticus to the Department of Pediatric Neurology, Yonsei University College of ... See full document

... after status epilepticus with fever and had been recruited to The University of Melbourne, Austin Health Epilepsy Genetics Research ...retrospective study was undertaken in which records, ... See full document

... our study, increasing PCT serum levels were not significantly associated with the emergence of infections during SE but with mortality, indicates that the acute- phase response from PCT, which is likely to be ... See full document

... our study were its small sam- ple size, its being conducted in a single department, and its retrospective ...RSE cases with cEEG [4, 6] and have not focused on a single anesthetic agent [5, ...spective ... See full document

... Specific treatment was started and followed up at one center, Dhaka Shishu Hospital in order to systemic review of the cases. Initially we did not comment on the treatment on first diagnosis, however, advised for ... See full document

... non-convulsive status has been described as self-limited and benign, this is not really true, because if it persists for a sufficient length of time it can cause serious brain damage, manifesting itself as se- ... See full document

... electroencephalographic status epilepticus after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation, admitted to the ICU, in whom continuous EEG monitoring is started within 24 hours after ...overt status ... See full document