Refractory Status Epilepticus in Suspect Encephalitis

• Published in: Neurocritical care Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 74 - 82
• Main Authors: Glaser, Carol A., Gilliam, Sabrina, Honarmand, Somayeh, Tureen, Jay H., Lowenstein, Daniel H., Anderson, Larry J., Bollen, Andrew W., Solbrig, Marylou V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Humana Press Inc 01.08.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age; Age Distribution; Anesthesia; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Ataxia; Benzodiazepines; Child; Child, Preschool; Coma; Consciousness; Convulsions & seizures; Critical Care Medicine; Drug Resistance; Encephalitis; Encephalitis - complications; Encephalitis - epidemiology; Female; Fever; Herpes viruses; Humans; Infant; Influenza; Intensive; Internal Medicine; Laboratories; Magnetic resonance imaging; Male; Medical History Taking; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Multivariate Analysis; Neuroimaging; Neurology; Original Article; Prognosis; Status Epilepticus - drug therapy; Status Epilepticus - epidemiology; Status Epilepticus - etiology; West Nile virus; United States > US; California; Encephalitis; Phenobarbital; Pentobarbital; Malignant status epilepticus; California Encephalitis Project; Anesthetic coma; Status epilepticus; Refractory seizures

Background The California Encephalitis Project (CEP) is a program designed to determine causes of encephalitis. We sought to determine whether there are any distinguishing characteristics of patients with encephalitis who develop refractory status epilepticus from those who do not. Methods Data from...