PMID- 8710130
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960912
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 0028-3878 (Print)
IS  - 0028-3878 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 1
DP  - 1996 Jul
TI  - An assessment of nonconvulsive seizures in the intensive care unit using 
      continuous EEG monitoring: an investigation of variables associated with 
      mortality.
PG  - 83-9
AB  - Of 49 patients with nonconvulsive seizures studied with continuous EEG 
      monitoring, the overall mortality was 33% (16/49). Of the 23 patients with 
      nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE), 13 died (mortality 57%). Individual 
      variables significantly associated with mortality were age, presence of NCSE, 
      seizure duration, hospital and NICU length of stay, and delay to diagnosis and 
      etiology (acute illness versus remote symptomatic). With multivariate logistic 
      regression, only seizure duration (p = 0.0057, OR = 1.131/hour) and delay to 
      diagnosis (p = 0.0351, OR = 1.039/hour) were associated with increased mortality. 
      Acute symptomatic cases could not be adequately classified as either absence, 
      simple, or complex partial status epilepticus when the impairment of 
      consciousness arose form the initial illness. Current classifications of status 
      epilepticus are inadequate for such cases.
FAU - Young, G B
AU  - Young GB
AD  - Dept. of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario, 
      Canada.
FAU - Jordan, K G
AU  - Jordan KG
FAU - Doig, G S
AU  - Doig GS
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Neurology
JT  - Neurology
JID - 0401060
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - *Electroencephalography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Intensive Care Units
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Monitoring, Physiologic
MH  - Seizures/mortality/*physiopathology
EDAT- 1996/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/07/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/07/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/07/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1212/wnl.47.1.83 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Neurology. 1996 Jul;47(1):83-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.47.1.83.