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Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female

Super-refractory status epilepticus is a rare medical and neurological emergency due to the high mortality and morbidity associated with this condition. Furthermore, there is very little data regarding its incidence, etiology, and management in the pregnant population with super-refractory status ep...

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Autores principales: Carrasco, Cinthya, Schwalk, Audra, Hwang, Byungkwan, Iwuji, Kenneth, Islam, Ebtesam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211000455
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author Carrasco, Cinthya
Schwalk, Audra
Hwang, Byungkwan
Iwuji, Kenneth
Islam, Ebtesam
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description Super-refractory status epilepticus is a rare medical and neurological emergency due to the high mortality and morbidity associated with this condition. Furthermore, there is very little data regarding its incidence, etiology, and management in the pregnant population with super-refractory status epilepticus. The treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus during pregnancy is specifically a major challenge as there are limited available therapeutic options due to the well-established teratogenicity of most antiepileptic drugs and the unknown safety profile of some of the anesthetics commonly used for seizure control. We report a case of successfully treated super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old, 26 weeks pregnant female who after an emergent delivery and prolonged exposure to multiple antiepileptic drugs recovered full neurological function.
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spelling pubmed-80108132021-04-13 Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female Carrasco, Cinthya Schwalk, Audra Hwang, Byungkwan Iwuji, Kenneth Islam, Ebtesam SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Super-refractory status epilepticus is a rare medical and neurological emergency due to the high mortality and morbidity associated with this condition. Furthermore, there is very little data regarding its incidence, etiology, and management in the pregnant population with super-refractory status epilepticus. The treatment of super-refractory status epilepticus during pregnancy is specifically a major challenge as there are limited available therapeutic options due to the well-established teratogenicity of most antiepileptic drugs and the unknown safety profile of some of the anesthetics commonly used for seizure control. We report a case of successfully treated super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old, 26 weeks pregnant female who after an emergent delivery and prolonged exposure to multiple antiepileptic drugs recovered full neurological function. SAGE Publications 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8010813/ /pubmed/33854779 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211000455 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Carrasco, Cinthya
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Iwuji, Kenneth
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title Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female
title_full Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female
title_fullStr Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female
title_full_unstemmed Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female
title_short Super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female
title_sort super-refractory status epilepticus in a 29-year-old pregnant female
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854779
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211000455
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