The incidence of seizures in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitation from cardiac arrest

The incidence of seizures in patients undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after resuscitation from cardiac arrest

Highlights • Seizures are common in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia. • Seizures occur during the cooling period of therapeutic hypothermia. • Seizures are associated with high mortality in patients treated with hypothermia. • Early EEG monitoring is indicated in patients treated with t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Epilepsy research 2013-10, Vol.106 (3), p.396-402
Hauptverfasser: Knight, William A, Hart, Kimberly W, Adeoye, Opeolu M, Bonomo, Jordan B, Keegan, Shaun P, Ficker, David M, Szaflarski, Jerzy P, Privitera, Michael D, Lindsell, Christopher J
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arrhythmias, Cardiac - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiac arrest
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Coma - complications
Confidence Intervals
Conscious Sedation
Continuous EEG
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Electrocardiography
Electroencephalography
Emergency Medical Services
Female
Glasgow Coma Scale
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Heart Arrest - complications
Heart Arrest - therapy
Humans
Hypothermia, Induced - adverse effects
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Non-convulsive seizures
Seizures
Seizures - epidemiology
Seizures - etiology
Seizures - mortality
Therapeutic hypothermia
Trauma Centers
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Seizures are common in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia. • Seizures occur during the cooling period of therapeutic hypothermia. • Seizures are associated with high mortality in patients treated with hypothermia. • Early EEG monitoring is indicated in patients treated with therapeutic hypothermia.
ISSN:0920-1211
1872-6844
DOI:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.06.018