New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus as an Unusual Presentation of a Suspected Organophosphate Poisoning

المؤلفون المشاركون

Waheed, Shahan
Sabeen, Amber
Ullah Khan, Nadeem

المصدر

Case Reports in Emergency Medicine

العدد

المجلد 2014، العدد 2014 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2014)، ص ص. 1-3، 3ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2014-12-17

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

3

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض

الملخص EN

New onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) is a new entity in medical literature.

It has different infectious and noninfectious etiologies showing a devastating impact onto the clinical outcome of patients.

Therapy with anaesthetic and antiepileptic agents often fails to improve the condition, unless the primary cause is rectified.

Here is presented the case of a young female with a history of depression who after a recent bereavement came to the Emergency Department of Aga Khan University Hospital with complaints of drowsiness that lasted for few hours.

Though she had no history of organophosphate poisoning, her physical examination and further investigations were suggestive of the diagnosis.

During her hospital stay, she developed refractory status epilepticus.

Her seizures did not respond to standard antiepileptic and intravenous anesthetic agents and subsided only after intravenous infusion of atropine for a few days.

Organophosphate poisoning is a very common presentation in the developing world and the associated status epilepticus poses a devastating problem for emergency physicians.

In patients with suspected organophosphate poisoning with favoring clinical exam findings, the continuation of atropine intravenous infusion can be a safe option to abate seizures.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Waheed, Shahan& Sabeen, Amber& Ullah Khan, Nadeem. 2014. New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus as an Unusual Presentation of a Suspected Organophosphate Poisoning. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017024

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Waheed, Shahan…[et al.]. New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus as an Unusual Presentation of a Suspected Organophosphate Poisoning. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017024

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Waheed, Shahan& Sabeen, Amber& Ullah Khan, Nadeem. New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus as an Unusual Presentation of a Suspected Organophosphate Poisoning. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1017024

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1017024