Servicios Personalizados
Revista
Articulo
Indicadores
- Citado por SciELO
- Accesos
Links relacionados
- Citado por Google
- Similares en SciELO
- Similares en Google
Compartir
Acta Neurológica Colombiana
versión impresa ISSN 0120-8748
Resumen
CASTELLANOS, Rafael Gustavo; BARRIOS PERALTA, Elkin; SUAREZ, Jorge y NARINO, Daniel. Focus on adult status epilepticus: Considerations about the pathophysiology and treatment. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.3, pp.199-210. ISSN 0120-8748. https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022157.
Status epilepticus is a complex clinical entity. Its identification and treatment continues to be a challange due to its high morbidity and mortility rate. Recently there has been advances in the understanding of its physiopa-tology creating the oportunity to make changes in its clasification and treatment. All of this has been posible due to clinical trials and laboratory tests which improve the quality of life of the patients. The purpose of this article is to show a narrative review of the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of this patology.
Palabras clave : Status epilepticus; Anticonvulsivants; Epilepsy; Adult (MeSH).