10 edition of Nonconvulsive status epilepticus found in the catalog.
Published
2009 by Demos Medical Pub. in New York .
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Statement | edited by Peter W. Kaplan, Frank W. Drislane. |
Contributions | Kaplan, Peter W., 1951-, Drislane, Frank. |
Classifications | |
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LC Classifications | RC372 .N66 2009 |
The Physical Object | |
Pagination | p. ; |
ID Numbers | |
Open Library | OL17051478M |
ISBN 10 | 1933864109 |
ISBN 10 | 9781933864105 |
LC Control Number | 2008034727 |
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Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management. The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical by: Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management.
The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical cturer: Demos Medical.
Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management. The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical : $ Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management.
The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical aspects.
This expanded edition represents the state of the art and captures many changes in our understanding of status epilepticus over the past decade. Varied characteristics and treatment approaches, the growing use of continuous EEG monitoring, and insights into the underlying biology and pathophysiology of convulsive and nonconvulsive SE are covered in depth.
INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITION. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) was originally described in patients with chronic epilepsy, but it is now recognized with increased frequency in other patient populations, especially the critically ill.
CCSAP Book 3 • Neurocritical Care/Technology in the ICU 13 Status Epilepticus. status epilepticus have a history of epilepsy, and in many cases, the acute seizure may be the result of medication non- adherence or planned tapering of antiepileptic therapy (Cook ).File Size: KB.
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus is an important and often underdiagnosed issue. Studies have found that about 20 to 35 percent of ICU patients with altered mental status are having seizures, most of which are nonconvulsive.
The primary predictor is altered mental status, especially coma, regardless of the cause. Case continued. Studies were. generalized status epilepticus requires both: (1) Generalized seizure: The seizure should Nonconvulsive status epilepticus book diffuse motor activity and loss of consciousness.
This distinguishes it from a Nonconvulsive status epilepticus book seizure (e.g. movement of one extremity with retention of consciousness).
This is important because partial status epilepticus (“epilepsia partialis continua”) can be treated less Nonconvulsive status epilepticus book. Status epilepticus is traditionally divided into convulsive and nonconvulsive forms. The aim of the current chapter is to provide an overview of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) in terms of definition, clinical features, outcomes, treatments, and its relationship with epileptic encephalopathy.
Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management. The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic and clinical aspects.
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) has rapidly expanded from classical features such as staring, repetitive blinking, chewing, swallowing, and automatism to include coma, prolonged apnea.
Chapter 2 of the book "Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus" is presented. The chapter focuses on the classification of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). It says that the common forms of NCSE in neonatal stage and infancy are the West syndrome, Ohtahara syndrome and Dravet syndrome.
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is common in patients with coma with a prevalence between 5 and 48%. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is an electroclinical state associated with an altered mental status (AMS) but lacking convulsive motor activity.
It is difficult to diagnose in the obtunded/comatose patients. Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management. The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical aspects.
Seizure ; CASE REPORT Nonconvulsive status epilepticus with generalized 'fast activity' J. BAUER, C. HELMSTAEDTER & C.E. ELGER Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany Correspondance to: Dr. Bauer, Universit~tsklinik for Epileptoiogie, Sigmund Freudstr.
25, Bonn, Germany We report the case of a year-old patient with infrequent generalized tonic Cited by: The clinical presentation and encephalographic (EEG) findings of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) can be complicated, making diagnosis difficult.
There are generalized (e.g., absence status) and focal (e.g., aphasic status, complex partial status) forms. Some patients are responsive but have cognitive or other neurologic deficits; others are less responsive or even comatose.
These qualifications aside, the book does an admirable job of describing the clinical features of status epilepticus. The differential diagnosis of convulsive and nonconvulsive forms of status epilepticus are described clearly, and the reader is guided through the list of conditions that may imitate status epilepticus.
Introduction. Status epilepticus (SE) represents an important challenge to modern neurology and epileptology. This is based on the difficulty in clearly delineating the condition and its various clinical forms and on our insufficient insight into the relevant underlying pathophysiological by: This expanded edition represents the state of the art and captures many changes in our understanding of status epilepticus over the past decade.
Varied characteristics and treatment approaches, the growing use of continuous EEG monitoring, and insights into the underlying biology and pathophysiology of convulsive and nonconvulsive SE are. Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management.
The book progresses logically, beginning with chapters discussing the history and classification of NCSE, reflecting a contemporary understanding of developmental, syndromic, and clinical : Springer Publishing Company. Despite this prevalence, Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus is the first comprehensive clinical text to cover its diagnosis and management.
The book progresses. Presentation, Evaluation, and Treatment of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Psychosis of Epilepsy: A Neurologist's Perspective The Etiology and Diagnosis of Status Epilepticus. In Status Epilepticus: A Clinical Perspective, a panel of senior clinicians critically reviews the many forms of SE, their causes, manifestations, methods of diagnosis, and appropriate treatments.
The authors emphasize the disease as encountered by the clinician in the field and the importance of correct recognition and diagnosis. Status epilepticus is divided into 2 main subgroups: convulsive and nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus is used to describe the group of seizures that are characterized by electrographic seizure activity on EEG associated with minimal or no motor movements, typically with associated alteration of awareness (from wandering to comatose).
In this article, the authors describe. Preface: In contrast with generalized convulsive status epilepticus, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) usually has a subtle presentation and is often misdiagnosed and improperly generalized convulsive status, however, NCSE can be a medical and neurologic emergency that warrants prompt and effective management as soon as it is detected.
Leitinger M, Beniczky S, Rohracher A, Gardella E, Kalss G, Qerama E, et al. Salzburg consensus criteria for non-convulsive status epilepticus—approach to clinical application. Epilepsy Behav. ;– CrossRef Google Scholar. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is a state of continuous or repetitive seizures without convulsions.
Owing to the nonspecific symptoms Cited by: INTRODUCTION. Status epilepticus is considered a very common neurological disease which usually presents as an emergency thus requires immediate steps for prevention of permanent damage to the brain tissues.1 Prevalence is usually high in extreme of ages i.e.
in children and elderly adults, but it can occur almost at any age in the form of prolonged seizures.1,2 There are multiple. This is a prospective, hospital-based study reporting an update and the prevalence of nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) in patients with altered mental status (AMS) in Qatar.
Patients presenting with NCSE are compared to controls. Two-hundred and fifty patients with AMS are involved. Patients with NCSE are: 65 (12–79 years, m, 37, f, 28); controls: (12–80 years, m,f, 84).Cited by: 1. Status epilepticus is a medical and neurologic emergency that requires prompt evaluation and treatment.
Status epilepticus manifests as many different syndromes, each defined by distinctive clinical features and electroencephalography (EEG) findings. Causes, prognoses, and treatments differ, and optimal evaluation and treatment requires an.
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) has rapidly expanded from classical features such as staring, repetitive blinking, chewing, swallowing, and automatism to. Non-Convulsive Status Epilepticus (NCSE) is a persistent change in the level of consciousness, behaviour, autonomic function, and sensorium from baseline associated with continuous epileptiform EEG changes, but without major motor signs.
NCSE comprises a group of syndromes with a wide range of response to anticonvulsants from virtually self. Because of age related etiologies and complications, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) may have a different prognosis in the elderly than in the young.
We prospectively studied clinical characteristics and outcomes of 10 patients over age 65 years with NCSE. All underwent continuous video-electroencephalogram monitoring. The term nonconvulsive status epilepticus (SE) is used to describe a situation in which there is prolonged electrographic seizure activity that results in an alteration of consciousness or behavior, without convulsive movements.
1 Because many other conditions can result in altered mentation, an electroencephalographic (EEG) pattern consistent with nonconvulsive status is needed to confirm. Status Epilepticus Sándor Beniczky, M.D., Ph.D. Beniczky's current positions are at the Danish Epilepsy Centre (head of the Clinical Neurophysiology department) and Aarhus University (associate professor).
Status epilepticus (SE) is a single seizure lasting more than five minutes or two or more seizures within a five-minute period without the person returning to normal between them. Previous definitions used a minute time limit.
The seizures can be of the tonic–clonic type, with a regular pattern of contraction and extension of the arms and legs, or of types that do not involve contractions Diagnostic method: Blood sugar, imaging of the head.
Seizures and status epilepticus (SE) are serious complications in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. SE is often divided into convulsive and nonconvulsive types, based on clinical features.
The EEG is helpful in further dividing SE into those that are generalized from onset, or have a partial onset, because this may be difficult to do clinically. This is particularly true in patients with.
The London-Innsbruck Status Epilepticus Colloquiaand the main advances in the topic of status epilepticus over this period. Epilepsia. 54 Suppl [Medline]. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) has rapidly expanded from classical features such as staring, repetitive blinking, chewing, swallowing, and automatism to include coma, prolonged apnea, cardiac arrest, dementia, and higher brain dysfunction, which were demonstrated mainly after the s by us and other by: 2.
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus can be precipitated by withdrawal from anti-epileptic drugs, sleep deprivation, excessive alcohol intake, fatigue, psychotropic medications and emotional stress. In recent years, it has come to be understood that anti-epileptic drugs can aggravate pre-existing seizure disorders and trigger new seizure types.
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