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

• Published in: Epilepsy research Vol. 106; no. 3; pp. 396 - 402
• Main Authors: 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
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.10.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: 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; Non-convulsive seizures; Therapeutic hypothermia; Continuous EEG; Cardiac arrest; Seizures; Human; Nervous system diseases; Cardiocirculatory arrest; Epilepsy; Cardiovascular disease; Induced hypothermia; Electroencephalography; Cerebral disorder; Incidence; Convulsion; Central nervous system disease; Neurological disorder; Resuscitation
• ISSN: 0920-1211; 1872-6844
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.06.018

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.