Determinants and predictors of outcome in super refractory status epilepticus—A developing country perspective

Highlights • There is limited information about the etiology and outcome of SRSE from developing countries. • Encephalitis was the determinant of the progression of SE to SRSE. • Mortality was high in patients with encephalitis than other etiologies. • None of the variables predicted mortality in SR...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epilepsy research 2014-11, Vol.108 (9), p.1609-1617
Hauptverfasser: Jayalakshmi, Sita, Ruikar, Devashish, SudhindraVooturi, Alladi, Suvarna, Sahu, Sambit, Kaul, Subhash, Mohandas, Surath
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • There is limited information about the etiology and outcome of SRSE from developing countries. • Encephalitis was the determinant of the progression of SE to SRSE. • Mortality was high in patients with encephalitis than other etiologies. • None of the variables predicted mortality in SRSE patients. • Sixty percent of patients with SRSE survived and one third had good outcome.
ISSN:0920-1211
1872-6844
DOI:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.08.010