Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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340605 | Seizure | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Status epilepticus is a life threatening condition with a high mortality rate in spite of aggressive treatment. There is little consensus on third and fourth line approaches in refractory cases. While electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has been employed successfully as a treatment for refractory epilepsy and status epilepticus (SE) after exhausting conventional therapy, its use for pediatric patients is limited. We describe a 7-year-old pediatric case in which ECT was used successfully to treat medically refractory nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) without complete withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs (AED).
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Authors
Hae W. Shin, Cormac A. O’Donovan, Jane G. Boggs, Annette Grefe, Amy Harper, William L. Bell, W. Vaughn McCall, Peter Rosenquist,