Pregabalin for Recurrent Seizures in Critical Illness: A Promising Adjunctive Therapy, Especially for cyclic Seizures
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DOI: 10.1007/s12028-022-01459-6
Abstract: Pregabalin (PGB) is an effective adjunctive treatment for focal epilepsy and acts by binding to the alpha2-delta subunit of voltage-gated calcium channels to reduce excitatory neurotransmitter release. Limited data exist on its use in the… read more here.
Keywords: seizure burden; recurrent seizures; hourly seizure; cyclic seizures ... See more keywords
Cyclic seizures in critically ill patients: Clinical correlates, DC recordings and outcomes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2017.01.015
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To describe EEG and clinical correlates, DC recordings and prognostic significance of cyclic seizures (CS). METHODS We reviewed our prospective continuous EEG database to identify patients with CS, controls with non-cyclic status epilepticus (SE)… read more here.
Keywords: ill patients; clinical correlates; critically ill; cyclic seizures ... See more keywords