Anesthetic barbiturates in refractory status epilepticus.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Two patients with previous cerebral damage and seizures and three patients with acute inflammatory cerebral lesions developed status epilepticus. They were unresponsive to standard anticonvulsants, but anesthetic barbiturates (thiopental and pentobarbital) stopped the seizures promptly.
منابع مشابه
Intensive care treatment of uncontrolled status epilepticus in children: systematic literature search of midazolam and anesthetic therapies*.
OBJECTIVE A systematic literature search and review of the best evidence for intensive care treatment of refractory status epilepticus in children using continuous infusion of midazolam or anesthetic agents. DESIGN MEDLINE and EMBASE search before December 2013 using key words and/or Medical Subject Headings identified English-language citations that were screened for eligibility and used if ...
متن کاملBRIEF COMMUNICATION Pediatric Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated with Allopregnanolone
Super-refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening condition. Resistance to benzodiazepine and barbiturate treatment for this disorder is thought to be due to internalization of synaptic c-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptors, and withdrawal of benzodiazepines and barbiturates during treatment often triggers seizure recurrence. The neurosteroid allopregnanolone acts as a positive alloster...
متن کاملPediatric super-refractory status epilepticus treated with allopregnanolone.
Super-refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening condition. Resistance to benzodiazepine and barbiturate treatment for this disorder is thought to be due to internalization of synaptic γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA)A receptors, and withdrawal of benzodiazepines and barbiturates during treatment often triggers seizure recurrence. The neurosteroid allopregnanolone acts as a positive alloster...
متن کاملصرع پایدار مقاوم در کودکان، عوامل خطر، درمان و سرانجام زودرس
Introduction: Refractory status epilepticus is a life-threatening disease in children wherein seizure movements don't response to first line anti convulsion drugs. This study reviewed risk factors, management and early outcome of children with refractory status epilepticus. Methods: Patients with refractory status epilepticus admitted in Tabriz children's hospital between 2003 and 2006 were re...
متن کاملRole of propofol in refractory status epilepticus.
OBJECTIVE To provide a review of the proposed mechanism of action, clinical efficacy, adverse effects, and therapeutic considerations associated with the use of propofol in the management of patients with refractory status epilepticus. DATA SOURCES A MEDLINE database (January 1966-April 1998) was searched for literature pertaining to status epilepticus and propofol. Additional literature was ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques
دوره 7 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980