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Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: Epilepsy Research Foundation Workshop Reports

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: Epilepsy Research Foundation Workshop Reports
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: Epilepsy Research Foundation Workshop Reports
In April 2004, a group of physicians with an interest in nonconvulsive status epilepticus representing a spectrum of opinion met in Oxford, sponsored by the Epilepsy Research Foundation (a charitable organization), to discuss and debate the definition, diagnosis and treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus. We felt that such a meeting would be useful, as nonconvulsive status epilepticus is a subject that provokes strong reactions, perhaps largely due to the relative lack of evidence and the surfeit of opinion. The meeting was arranged such that there were formal talks followed by a discussion led by one of the attendees.
We present here the extended abstracts of the main talks with the points raised by the discussants. Despite disagreements on certain issues there was much in the way of consensus. First, it was agreed that nonconvulsive status epilepticus is a term that covers a range of disparate conditions with varying prognoses and treatments. The agreed definition was thus suitably vague, A<<Nonconvulsive status epilepticus is a term used to denote a range of conditions in which electrographic seizure activity is prolonged and results in nonconvulsive clinical symptomsA>>. Secondly, it was agreed that even within a specific condition (e.g. complex partial status epilepticus), the prognosis and treatment depends upon the context in which the condition occurs (e.g. in the critically ill, in coma, in the A<<walking woundedA>> and in people with prior epilepsy). Perhaps, most importantly it was agreed that we lacked good clinical data, and the challenge was to design good studies for a condition that is underrecognised and often difficult to diagnose.
1294-9361
253-296
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Walker, M., Cross, H., Smith, S., Young, C., Aicardi, J., Appleton, R., Aylett, S., Besag, F., Cock, H., DeLorenzo, R., Drislane, F., Duncan, J., Ferrie, C., Fujikawa, D., Gray, W., Kaplan, P., Koutroumanidis, M., O'regan, M., Plouin, P., Sander, J., Scott, R., Shorvon, S., Treiman, D., Wasterlain, C. and Wieshmann, U. (2005) Nonconvulsive status epilepticus: Epilepsy Research Foundation Workshop Reports. Epileptic Disorders, 7 (3), 253-296.

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In April 2004, a group of physicians with an interest in nonconvulsive status epilepticus representing a spectrum of opinion met in Oxford, sponsored by the Epilepsy Research Foundation (a charitable organization), to discuss and debate the definition, diagnosis and treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus. We felt that such a meeting would be useful, as nonconvulsive status epilepticus is a subject that provokes strong reactions, perhaps largely due to the relative lack of evidence and the surfeit of opinion. The meeting was arranged such that there were formal talks followed by a discussion led by one of the attendees.
We present here the extended abstracts of the main talks with the points raised by the discussants. Despite disagreements on certain issues there was much in the way of consensus. First, it was agreed that nonconvulsive status epilepticus is a term that covers a range of disparate conditions with varying prognoses and treatments. The agreed definition was thus suitably vague, A<<Nonconvulsive status epilepticus is a term used to denote a range of conditions in which electrographic seizure activity is prolonged and results in nonconvulsive clinical symptomsA>>. Secondly, it was agreed that even within a specific condition (e.g. complex partial status epilepticus), the prognosis and treatment depends upon the context in which the condition occurs (e.g. in the critically ill, in coma, in the A<<walking woundedA>> and in people with prior epilepsy). Perhaps, most importantly it was agreed that we lacked good clinical data, and the challenge was to design good studies for a condition that is underrecognised and often difficult to diagnose.

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Published date: 2005

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Local EPrints ID: 27734
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27734
ISSN: 1294-9361
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Date deposited: 27 Apr 2006
Last modified: 27 Apr 2022 12:16

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Author: M. Walker
Author: H. Cross
Author: S. Smith
Author: C. Young
Author: J. Aicardi
Author: R. Appleton
Author: S. Aylett
Author: F. Besag
Author: H. Cock
Author: R. DeLorenzo
Author: F. Drislane
Author: J. Duncan
Author: C. Ferrie
Author: D. Fujikawa
Author: W. Gray
Author: P. Kaplan
Author: M. Koutroumanidis
Author: M. O'regan
Author: P. Plouin
Author: J. Sander
Author: R. Scott
Author: S. Shorvon
Author: D. Treiman
Author: C. Wasterlain
Author: U. Wieshmann

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