Operational definition of
status epilepticus used in this study was that a seizure continuous in character for more than five minutes or multiple seizures occurring consecutively during which patients were unable to regain consciousness over a time period of 30 minutes.
Kainic acid dose affects delayed cell death mechanism after
status epilepticus. Brain Dev 2007; 29:2-8.
Many a time, patients have to be intubated and mechanically ventilated to terminate
status epilepticus and it is associated with bad prognosis.
Cessation of seizures was defined as the disappearance of EEG seizure activity (all patients with a diagnosis of nonconvulsive
status epilepticus underwent continuous EEG monitoring) or the disappearance of previous ictal symptoms without any suspicion of ongoing subclinical seizure.
SE without prominent motor symptoms is termed "nonconvulsive
status epilepticus" either with or without coma.
(i) Figure S1 is a conventional electroencephalogram recorded at the admission of the patient which confirmed the nonconvulsive
status epilepticus. (ii) Figure S2 is as the figure S2, a conventional electroencephalogram recorded few hours later, which confirmed that the nonconvulsive
status epilepticus was well treated.
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Status epilepticus after myelography with iohexol (Omnipaque)," The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol.
Clinical outcomes following prolonged refractory
status epilepticus (PRSE).
We aimed to examine the frequency of some electroencephalographic patterns including periodic discharges (PD), repetitive spike waves (RSW), rhythmic delta activities (RDA), nonconvulsive seizures (NCS), and nonconvulsive
status epilepticus (NCSE) recorded by cEEG in critically ill patients with a change of consciousness.
Status epilepticus (SE), which is a critical condition that must be intervened urgently, is characterized by seizures lasting for 5 minutes or longer on a continuous basis or two or more seizures without any improvement in consciousness (1).