%0 Journal Article
%T Unstandardized Treatment of Electroencephalographic Status Epilepticus Does Not Improve Outcome of Comatose Patients after Cardiac Arrest
%A Jeannette Hofmeijer
%A Michiel J. Blans
%A Albertus Beishuizen
%A Michel J. A. M. van Putten
%J Frontiers in Neurology
%D 2014
%I Frontiers Media
%R 10.3389/fneur.2014.00039
%X Objective: Electroencephalographic status epilepticus occurs in 9¨C35% of comatose patients after cardiac arrest. Mortality is 90¨C100%. It is unclear whether (some) seizure patterns represent a condition in which anti-epileptic treatment may improve outcome, or severe ischemic damage, in which treatment is futile. We explored current treatment practice and its effect on patientsĄŻ outcome.
%K continuous EEG
%K cardiac arrest
%K post-anoxic coma
%K status epilepticus
%K epileptic seizures
%K anti-epileptic drugs
%K prognosis
%U http://www.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2014.00039/abstract