Abstract

CHAVES MORENO, José Luis  and  MANCERA PAEZ, Oscar Gerardo. Status Epilepticus In Colombia: A Case Series Descriptive Analysis. Rev Ecuat Neurol [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.1, pp.9-16. ISSN 2631-2581.

Status Epilepticus (SE) is a neurological emergency that is by itself a syndrome defined according its clinical presentation and electroencephalographical manifestations, both highly variable. There aren’t any case series about this relatively common neurological emergency in Colombian indexed journals, for which a search for cases was performed in two neurological critical care institutions in the Colombian capital city in the period between 2011-2015. We describe demographical, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics emphasizing in its clinical and paraclinical presentation, as the treatment applied according international guidelines. We found convulsive SE was three times more common that the non-convulsing time, 1.4 times more common in females that in males, more common in the pediatric group and less common in the geriatric group, the majority of this cases presented SE secondary to a congenital structural injury while adult and elder patients presented SE as a consequence of non-voluntary discontinuation of the therapy, and in 66% of the cases the SE described was not the first of its kind. The therapeutic regime applied corresponded to the stipulated in international guidelines in only 41.67%.

Keywords : Status Epilepticus; Epilepsy; Electroencephalography; Case series.

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