Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia

Any altered behaviour or sensorium following general anaesthesia is of concern to the anaesthesiologist, as it could be attributed to the anaesthetic itself or to a hypoxic insult, both of which can have medicolegal implications. It is important to be aware of a relatively unfamiliar entity known as...

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Autores principales: Sudha, P, Koshy, Rachel Cherian
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21712877
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.79901
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description Any altered behaviour or sensorium following general anaesthesia is of concern to the anaesthesiologist, as it could be attributed to the anaesthetic itself or to a hypoxic insult, both of which can have medicolegal implications. It is important to be aware of a relatively unfamiliar entity known as nonconvulsive status epilepticus in this context. We report two cases to highlight this condition.
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spelling pubmed-31063932011-06-27 Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia Sudha, P Koshy, Rachel Cherian Indian J Anaesth Case Report Any altered behaviour or sensorium following general anaesthesia is of concern to the anaesthesiologist, as it could be attributed to the anaesthetic itself or to a hypoxic insult, both of which can have medicolegal implications. It is important to be aware of a relatively unfamiliar entity known as nonconvulsive status epilepticus in this context. We report two cases to highlight this condition. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3106393/ /pubmed/21712877 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.79901 Text en © Indian Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
title Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
title_full Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
title_fullStr Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
title_full_unstemmed Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
title_short Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: An unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
title_sort nonconvulsive status epilepticus: an unusual cause of postoperative unresponsiveness following general anaesthesia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3106393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21712877
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.79901
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