BACKGROUND Status epilepticus (SE) frequently does not respond to common first-line anticonvulsants. In a substantial portion of patients, administration of anticonvulsant anesthetics is inevitable. Even this aggressive approach fails to terminate SE in an undefined number of cases. We have coined the term malignant SE for this most severe variant of SE. OBJECTIVE To assess frequency, risk fa...

PURPOSE. A new series of substituted quinoline-2(1H)-one and 1,2,4triazolo[4,3-a]-quinoline derivatives were designed and synthesized to meet the structural requirements essential for anticonvulsant properties. METHODS. 4-substituted-phenyl3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-quinolines, 5-substitutedphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3a]quinolines and 5-substituted-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4triazolo-[4,3-a]quinol...

Epilepsy and pregnancy Recurrent seizures affect at least 1% of women who are of childbearing age, but as the fertility of both men and women with epilepsy is slightly reduced,' about one in 200 pregnancies occurs in a woman with epilepsy. Most of these women are taking anticonvulsants regularly. Pregnancy has an unpredictable affect on seizure frequency.2 3 For half of the women with epilepsy ...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and identify the relation between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) levels and the consumption of dietary sources of vitamin D or exposure to anticonvulsants in girls and women with Rett syndrome (RTT). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Retrospective review of the medical records of 284 girls and women with RTT to determi...

BACKGROUND Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome represents a rare but potentially fatal kind of adverse drug reaction. This clinical picture often hampers the flexibility with which alternative anticonvulsants or even other classes of drugs are prescribed in these patients, negatively affecting the efficacy of treatment and the course of the disease. The aim of this study was to analyse a g...

BACKGROUND Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements designed to assist in patient and physician clinical decision making for specific clinical circumstances. In order to establish which guideline topics are priorities, practitioners were surveyed regarding their current practice. METHODS One hundred ninety-seven practitioners in Ontario, Canada were mailed a survey...