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).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 433-436 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Seizure |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Electroconvulsive therapy
- Nonconvulsive status epilepticus
- Pediatric
- Status epilepticus
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology