-
Recent Posts
Archives
Categories
Meta
Tag Archives: Epilepsy
Anticonvulsant Medications for Status Epilepticus
Status epilepticus is a medical emergency with significant morbidity and mortality and, in circumstances where benzodiazepines alone have failed to terminate seizures, has traditionally been treated with anticonvulsants such as phenytoin or phenobarbitone. Other intravenously administered antiepileptics have also been … Continue reading
Posted in Epilepsy, Intensive Care Neurology
Tagged Epilepsy, fosphenytoin, levetiracetam, phenytoin, Statistics, status epilepticus, valproate
Leave a comment
Journal Club Review: Driving after a Single Seizure
Background One of the main issues facing a patient diagnosed as having had a first epileptic seizure without any sinister underlying lesion – often a young adult and otherwise well – is the driving ban. One can only be sympathetic … Continue reading
Journal Club Commentary: Management of Single Seizures
Introduction For this edition of the Neurology Online Journal Club I wanted to review not one but a series of papers to address a specific issue, namely predicting the risk of seizure recurrence after a single seizure and predicting how … Continue reading