Alomar, Soha Kadi, Mai Alabbas, Doaa Aljeddawi, Mohammed Alsulaiman, Sama Baeesa, Saleh Sabbagh, Abdulrahman
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Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
Epilepsy affects individuals of all ages and genders and places high physical, mental, financial, and social burdens on these individuals. In Saudi Arabia, its prevalence is 6.5 cases per 1000 individuals. Physicians and healthcare professionals have a key role in increasing the knowledge and awareness of the general population about epilepsy. The ...
Bahou, Yacoub Alzghoul, Loai Alajloni, Eyad M Albliwi, Moath A Alsabatin, Nedal O Toubah, Yousef K
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The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and awareness about epilepsy among patients with epilepsy (PWE) and to determine the correlation with sociodemographic and disease-related factors. A prospective cross-sectional study was set, and it included PWE attending the adult neurology clinic at Jordan University Hospital (JUH)...
Abril Jaramillo, Javier Estévez María, José Carlos Girón Úbeda, Juan Miguel Vega López, Óscar Calzado Rivas, María Elena Pérez Díaz, Hernando García Martín, Guillermina Vila Herrero, Elena Chamorro-Muñoz, M Vázquez, F
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Perampanel (PER) has been shown to be effective as an adjunctive therapy for controlling refractory focal-onset seizures (FOS). However, the information as early add-on for the treatment of FOS in the clinical practice is still scarce and must be further assessed. An observational prospective study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of ear...
Shawahna, Ramzi Jaber, Mohammad
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This study assessed knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward epilepsy and patients with epilepsy (PWEs). Associations between different sociodemographic and academic variables and knowledge and attitude scores were also assessed. The present study was conducted in a cross-sectional observational design among Palestinian unde...
Sirikarn, Prapassara Pattanittum, Porjai Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak Tiamkao, Somsak
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Status epilepticus (SE) is a neurological disorder that affects to the high mortality risk. Several studies reported predictors of mortality in SE; actual causes of death in hospital and out of hospital are limited. This study aimed to describe the case fatality and the causes of death in patients with SE. This was a descriptive study using the dat...
Guerrini, Renzo Parrini, Elena Marini, Carla Mei, Davide
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Status epilepticus is a life-threatening medical condition which requires immediate diagnosis and treatment. In children, it may be a recurrent manifestation in the context of heterogeneous severe developmental genetic encephalopathies, as well as the first neurological manifestation. Mutations in several genes have been consistently associated wit...
Chin, Richard F M
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Few studies focus specifically on childhood convulsive status epilepticus (CSE). Geographical differences and study design may influence research findings. A comprehensive understanding of the outcomes of childhood CSE needs to bear these factors in mind when examining the published literature. A systematic review of the outcome of childhood CSE wa...
Beretta, Simone Coppo, Anna Bianchi, Elisa Zanchi, Clara Carone, Davide Stabile, Andrea Padovano, Giada Sulmina, Endrit Grassi, Alice Bogliun, Graziella
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Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) occurs in up to 30% of patients following resuscitation after cardiac arrest. The impact of aggressive treatment of postanoxic RSE on long-term neurological outcome remains uncertain. We investigated neurological outcome of cardiac arrest patients with RSE treated with a standardized aggressive protocol with anti...
Rajiv, Keni Ravish Radhakrishnan, Ashalatha
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There is lack of uniform treatment protocol for status epilepticus (SE) in pregnancy, with majority of data being limited to individual cases or case series. Devising a uniform treatment protocol will facilitate prompt control of SE in pregnancy and reduce adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Literature search was done in various databases includin...
Kantanen, Anne-Mari Sairanen, Joni Kälviäinen, Reetta
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The objective of this study was to determine the incidence in Eastern Finland of the different stages of status epilepticus (SE): 1) at the early stage of SE (a prolonged seizure lasting over 5 min);, 2) refractory SE (RSE), and 3) super-refractory SE (SRSE). Firstly, we conducted a retrospective study on the incidence and outcome of intensive care...
