Status Epilepticus - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

New directions in clinical imaging of cortical dysplasias.

29 Sep 2009 Neuroimaging is essential in the work-up of patients with intractable epilepsy. In pediatric patients with medically refractory epilepsy, cortical dysplasias account for a large percentage of the epileptogenic substrate. Unfortunately, these are ... Read more...

Child Neurology: Dravet syndrome: when to suspect the diagnosis.

27 Sep 2009 Dravet syndrome (DS), previously known as severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SMEI), is an epileptic encephalopathy that presents with prolonged seizures in the first year of life. The seizures often occur with fever or illness, and are frequently ... Read more...

Pediatric convulsive status epilepticus in Honduras, Central America.

17 Aug 2009 Convulsive status epilepticus (SE) in children is an important public health problem, particularly in low-resource countries. A surveillance study was performed with consecutive enrollment of all children presenting with convulsive SE to Hospital ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Status Epilepticus - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Seizures in a 9 month old girl. 19 Oct 2009
• New directions in clinical imaging of cortical dysplasias. 29 Sep 2009
• Child Neurology: Dravet syndrome: when to suspect the diagnosis. 27 Sep 2009
• Pediatric convulsive status epilepticus in Honduras, Central America. 17 Aug 2009
• Status epilepticus in the pediatric ICU: state of the art. 30 Jul 2009
• Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes mimicking occipital idiopathic epilepsy. 30 Jul 2009
• CSWS-related autistic regression versus autistic regression without CSWS. 30 Jul 2009
• Guidelines for EEG in encephalopathy related to ESES/CSWS in children. 30 Jul 2009
• Encephalopathy with status epilepticus during slow sleep: "the Penelope syndrome". 30 Jul 2009
• Comment on "Aphasic or amnesic status epilepticus detected on PET but not EEG". 30 Jul 2009
• Myoclonus after cardiac arrest: pitfalls in diagnosis and prognosis. 30 Jul 2009
• Continuous electroencephalogram monitoring in the intensive care unit. 30 Jul 2009
• Periictal magnetic resonance imaging in status epilepticus. 19 Jun 2009
• Chronic facial twitches: when tracers reveal their status. 13 Jun 2009
• Electroencephalographic monitoring during hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest. 31 May 2009
• Vitamins, not surgery: spinal fluid testing in hemispheric epilepsy. 30 May 2009
• Neurobehavioral abnormalities may correlate with increased seizure burden in children with Panayiotopoulos syndrome. 30 May 2009
• Proteinuria in status epilepticus or eclampsia; a diagnostic dilemma. 30 May 2009
• Frequency of non convulsive status epilepticus in patients with impaired level of consciousness. 29 Apr 2009
• Nursing patients with epilepsy in secondary care settings. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Status Epilepticus'

Definition: A prolonged seizure or seizures repeated frequently enough to prevent recovery between episodes occurring over a period of 20-30 minutes. The most common subtype is generalized tonic-clonic status epilepticus, a potentially fatal condition associated with neuronal injury and respiratory and metabolic dysfunction. Nonconvulsive forms include petit mal status and complex partial status, which may manifest as behavioral disturbances. Simple partial status epilepticus consists of persistent motor, sensory, or autonomic seizures that do not impair cognition (see also EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA). Subclinical status epilepticus generally refers to seizures occurring in an unresponsive or comatose individual in the absence of overt signs of seizure activity. (From N Engl J Med 1998 Apr 2;338(14):970-6; Neurologia 1997 Dec;12 Suppl 6:25-30)

Descriptor UI: D013226

Alternative terms: Status Epilepticus; Status Epilepticus, Generalized; Generalized Status Epilepticus; Grand Mal Status Epilepticus; Status Epilepticus, Grand Mal; Status Epilepticus, Generalized Convulsive; Generalized Convulsive Status Epilepticus; Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus; Non Convulsive Status Epilepticus; Status Epilepticus, Non-Convulsive; Status Epilepticus, Non Convulsive; Status Epilepticus, Subclinical; Subclinical Status Epilepticus; Status Epilepticus, Electrographic; Electrographic Status Epilepticus; Simple Partial Status Epilepticus; Status Epilepticus, Simple Partial; Complex Partial Status Epilepticus; Status Epilepticus, Complex Partial; Petit Mal Status; Status, Petit Mal; Absence Status; Status, Absence;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.490.690;

History Note: 1977

Technical Notes: note X ref petit mal status: do not confuse with PETIT MAL EPILEPSY see EPILEPSY, ABSENCE