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Pharmacotherapy for Nonconvulsive Seizures and Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
Most seizures in critically ill patients are nonconvulsive. A significant number of neurological and medical conditions can be complicated by...
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Nonconvulsive status epilepticus following cardiac arrest—are we missing the beginning?
BackgroundStatus epilepticus (SE) is a common complication in patients surviving a cardiac arrest, but little is known about the frequency of...
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Nonconvulsive status epilepticus characteristics in glioma patients: a retrospective study
PurposeEpilepsy is a common complication of gliomas. The diagnosis of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is challenging because it causes...
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Nonconvulsive status epilepticus following cardiac arrest: overlooked, untreated and misjudged
AimsSeizures and status epilepticus (SE) are detected in almost a third of the comatose cardiac arrest survivors. As the literature is quite...
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Safety and Efficacy of Ketamine Without Intubation in the Management of Refractory Seizures: A Case Series
BackgroundContinuous infusion ketamine has demonstrated efficacy in the management of refractory seizures yet does not suppress respiratory drive...
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Impact of Seizures and Status Epilepticus on Outcome in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
BackgroundWe aimed to evaluate the association between seizures as divided by timing and type (seizures or status epilepticus) and outcome in...
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Pregabalin for Recurrent Seizures in Critical Illness: A Promising Adjunctive Therapy, Especially for cyclic Seizures
BackgroundPregabalin (PGB) is an effective adjunctive treatment for focal epilepsy and acts by binding to the alpha2-delta subunit of voltage-gated...
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Seizures in the Setting of COVID-19
Purpose of reviewThis review presents current available data relating to seizures in the context of COVID-19 infection from theorized pathophysiology...
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Seizures in children undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
ObjectivesTo investigate the incidence of seizures and short-term mortality associated with seizures in children undergoing extracorporeal membrane...
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Analysis of electroclinical features of nonconvulsive status epilepticus: a study of four cases
BackgroundThe nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an epileptic condition characterized by little or no obvious symptoms, thus is often easily...
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Semiology of epileptic seizures in old age and the differential diagnosis – English Version
Epileptic seizures in people older than 60 years cause problems in the diagnosis and assignment, especially if the diagnosis of epilepsy has not yet...
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Seizures provoked by over-the-counter cough and cold medications in an elderly patient: a case report
BackgroundSeizures are common neurological emergencies in the elderly that are frequently provoked. Geriatrics have higher rates of neurological...
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Seizures as Presenting Feature of Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: a Systematic Review of Case Reports and Case Series
Purpose of ReviewIn this systematic review, we reviewed the seizure characteristics, particularly seizure semiology, in patients with SSPE. We also...
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Adjunctive Nonconvulsive Electrotherapy for Patients with Depression: a Systematic Review
The efficacy and safety of adjunctive nonconvulsive electrotherapy (NET) for patients with depression are undetermined. This systematic review was...
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Hyperperfusion in the cerebellum lobule VIIb in patients with epileptic seizures
BackgroundThe cerebellum plays an important role in motor control, however, its involvement in epilepsy has not been fully understood. Arterial spin...
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External validation of the AntiEpileptic Drug Monitoring in PREgnancy (EMPiRE) model for predicting seizures in pregnant women with epilepsy
BackgroundThe AntiEpileptic Drug Monitoring in PREgnancy (EMPiRE) model is the only available tool for predicting seizures in pregnant women with...
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The role of EEG and neuroimaging in the diagnosis of non-convulsive status epilepticus in Subacute Encephalopathy with Seizures in Alcoholics (SESA syndrome): a case report and overview of the literature
Epileptic seizures are frequently associated with liver dysfunction and alcoholism. Subacute encephalopathy with seizures in chronic alcoholics...
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Evaluation and Treatment of Seizures and Epilepsy During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Purpose of ReviewSeizures, including status epilepticus, have been reported in association with acute COVID-19 infection. People with epilepsy (PWE)...
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Seizures and risks for recurrence in critically ill patients: an observational cohort study
BackgroundTo assess the frequency and clinical characteristics of seizures in adult critically ill patients, to identify predictors of recurrent...
