Tratamiento del estado epiléptico refractario con topiramato oral

Soler, Bernardita; Godoy, Jaime; Mellado, Patricio

Keywords: status epilepticus, anticonvulsants, topiramate

Abstract

Refractory status epilepticus is a catastrophic illness of the central nervous system, with a mortality rate that reaches 50%. We report three patients admitted with refractory status epilepticus: a 24 year-old male that discontinued antiepileptic medications, a 46 year-old male with a focal epilepsy secondary to an encephalitis that discontinued medications due to gastrointestinal problems and a 59 year-old male with an ischemic encephalopathy AH were treated with topiramate, delivered through a nasogastric tube with a good response.

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Título según SCIELO: Tratamiento del estado epiléptico refractario con topiramato oral
Título de la Revista: REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
Volumen: 137
Número: 7
Editorial: SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO
Fecha de publicación: 2009
Página de inicio: 936
Página final: 939
Idioma: es
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872009000700012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
DOI:

10.4067/S0034-98872009000700012

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