Guidelines for the evaluation and management of status epilepticus

GM Brophy, R Bell, J Claassen, B Alldredge, TP Bleck… - Neurocritical care, 2012 - Springer
Status epilepticus (SE) treatment strategies vary substantially from one institution to another
due to the lack of data to support one treatment over another. To provide guidance for the …

Part 8: post–cardiac arrest care: 2015 American Heart Association guidelines update for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care

CW Callaway, MW Donnino, EL Fink, RG Geocadin… - Circulation, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Association (AHA) Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency
Cardiovascular Care are based on an extensive evidence review process that was begun by …

The treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus: a critical review of available therapies and a clinical treatment protocol

S Shorvon, M Ferlisi - Brain, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Super-refractory status epilepticus is defined as status epilepticus that continues or recurs
24 h or more after the onset of anaesthetic therapy, including those cases where status …

Mechanisms of action, physiological effects, and complications of hypothermia

KH Polderman - Critical care medicine, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background: Mild to moderate hypothermia (32–35 C) is the first treatment with proven
efficacy for postischemic neurological injury. In recent years important insights have been …

Management of refractory status epilepticus in adults: still more questions than answers

AO Rossetti, DH Lowenstein - The Lancet Neurology, 2011 - thelancet.com
Refractory status epilepticus (RSE) is defined as status epilepticus that continues despite
treatment with benzodiazepines and one antiepileptic drug. RSE should be treated promptly …

Electrographic seizures are associated with brain injury in newborns undergoing therapeutic hypothermia

DK Shah, CJ Wusthoff, P Clarke, JS Wyatt… - Archives of Disease in …, 2014 - fn.bmj.com
Objective Seizures are common among newborns with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy
(HIE) but the relationship between seizure burden and severity of brain injury among …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic hypothermia: critical review of the molecular mechanisms of action

FP González-Ibarra, J Varon, EG López-Meza - Frontiers in neurology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is nowadays one of the most important methods of
neuroprotection. The events that occur after an episode of ischemia are multiple and …

Super‐refractory status epilepticus: an approach to therapy in this difficult clinical situation

S Shorvon - Epilepsia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Super‐refractory status epilepticus (SE) is a stage of refractory SE characterized by
unresponsiveness to initial anesthetic therapy. It is a new concept that has been the focus of …

Electroencephalographic monitoring during hypothermia after pediatric cardiac arrest

NS Abend, A Topjian, R Ichord, ST Herman, M Helfaer… - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Hypoxic ischemic brain injury secondary to pediatric cardiac arrest (CA) may
result in acute symptomatic seizures. A high proportion of seizures may be nonconvulsive …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric refractory and super-refractory status epilepticus

A Vasquez, R Farias-Moeller, W Tatum - Seizure, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose To summarize the available evidence related to pediatric refractory status
epilepticus (RSE) and super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE), with emphasis on …