Application of mobile phones in epilepsy care Tập 2 - Trang 28-37 - 2015
Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan, Somasundaram Aadhimoolam Chinnadurai, Balasubramanian Samivel, Bhanu Kesavamurthy, Man Mohan Mehndiratta
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Objectives To evaluate the applications of mobile phones in the day to day care of epileptic patients as a diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic tool.
Methods Detailed search of various mobile applications in the field of epileptology was made in MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, EMBASE, CINAHL, ...... hiện toàn bộ
Time to treatment predicts seizure outcome in a high-treatment gap epilepsy population Tập 2 - Trang 72-77 - 2015
Michael B. Fawale, Mayowa O. Owolabi, Adekunle F. Mustapha, Morenikeji A. Komolafe, Ogunniyi Adesola
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Objectives To investigate the relationship between time to antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment (TTT) and seizure outcome in a high treatment gap sub-Sahara African setting.
Methods Clinical and demographic characteristics of 72 adults with epilepsy aged 18–75 years were obtained. We estimated TTT as the difference betwee...... hiện toàn bộ
Status epilepticus in adults: A study from Nigeria Tập 1 - Trang 69-74 - 2014
Lukman Femi Owolabi, Aliyu Ibrahim, Alhassan Datti Mohammed, Shakirah D. Owolabi
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Background Status epilepticus (SE) is a common neurologic emergency. Immediate treatment to stop seizure activity and prompt diagnostic evaluation to recognize potentially treatable causes are paramount in the management of SE. Thus, increased awareness of presentation, etiologies, and treatment of status epilepticus SE is central in the practice...... hiện toàn bộ
Proprioceptive-induced seizure in diabetic non-ketotic state: A video case report Tập 1 - Trang 36-38 - 2014
Salvadeeswaran Meenakshi-Sundaram, Somalinga Nagendran Karthik, Krishnan Swaminathan, Thembavani Rajavel, Amala Dharmapillai, Bharathi Sundar
AbstractA 63-year-old diabetic gentleman with proprioceptive-induced seizures is reported. Marked hyperglycemia due to discontinuation of anti-diabetic medication was the precipitating cause. Distinctive clinical feature of this case was recurrent focal motor seizures involving the left upper limb precipitated by volitional movements of the same limb and self-abort...... hiện toàn bộ
Neonatal seizures and epilepsies Tập 1 - Trang 75-83 - 2014
Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan, Solomon L. Moshé
AbstractNeonatal seizure is the most frequent clinical manifestation of central nervous system dysfunction in the newborn. It is defined as a paroxysmal alteration in neurologic function that include motor, behavior and/or autonomic functions occurring in the first 28 days after birth of a term neonate or before 44 weeks of gestational age in a preterm infant. Seiz...... hiện toàn bộ
Batwing appearance – A neuroradiologic clue to glutaric aciduria-type 1 Tập 2 - Trang 44-48 - 2015
Anusha Doraiswamy, Bhanu Kesavamurthy, Lakshminarasimhan Ranganathan
AbstractGlutaric aciduria type 1 (GA-1) is a rare inherited neurometabolic disorder due to enzymatic block in the common degradation pathway for lysine and tryptophan. We report a 16 month girl child who presented with an initial acute encephalopathic crisis followed by static encephalopathy with characteristic neuroimaging findings. Diagnosis was confirmed by demo...... hiện toàn bộ
Causative factors and phenomenology of depression in EPILEPSY—A review Tập 4 - Trang 70-78 - 2017
Rahul Saha, Satyakam Mohapatra, Sujit K. Kar, Bheemsain Tekkalaki, K.S. Anand
AbstractIt is a known fact that depression is the one of the leading causes of years lived with disability and the fourth leading cause of disability-adjusted life-years worldwide. Depression is often under-recognized among patients of epilepsy due to lack of awareness of depressive symptoms. Due to improper management of depression in epileptic patients, it can in...... hiện toàn bộ