This demographic change poses major challenges in the medical care of the population; especially seizure disorders in the elderly. Seizures are frequently encountered in the elderly due to many medical/surgical diseases common in that age-group as well as the treatment of these conditions. Incidence...
This demographic change poses major challenges in the medical care of the population; especially seizure disorders in the elderly. Seizures are frequently encountered in the elderly due to many medical/surgical diseases common in that age-group as well as the treatment of these conditions. Incidence...
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Stroke is a major cause of seizures in the elderly. About 10% of all stroke patients experience one or several seizures after stroke. This study was performed to assess the occurrence of post stroke seizure in our region.METHODS: In this prospective, descriptive and ana...
Seizure thresholds in elderlypatients treated with electroconvulsive therapy for major depressivedisorder:a review. van Waarde JA,van der Mast RC. Curr Psychiatry Rev . 2010van Waarde JA, van der Mast RC. Seizure thresholds in elderly patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy for major ...
摘要: 327 adult patients presenting with a first epileptic seizure were evaluated in respect to underlying causes. The majority suffered from alcohol-related seizures, in the elderly patients vascular pathology dominated. Remote symptomatic seizures raise the question of anticonvulsant therapy....
When the patient was treated with phenytoin, the symptoms resolved, and she went home. New-onset epilepsy mimics dementia in the elderly A video EEG revealed a complex partial seizure. In the elderly the post-ictal state following a complex partial seizure may last up to 2 weeks. New-onset...
Another new medication called Levetiracetam (Keppra) has been approved and shows particularly good results in reducing partial seizures among elderly patients with few side effects. This is important, because elderly patients often have other conditions and must take other medications that might interact...
Subcortical structural changes in ECT-induced delirium A prolonged (interictal) was induced by electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in 6/36 (17%) elderly depressed patients. Brain magnetic resonance imaging or brain... GS Figiel,K Ranga,R Krishnan,... - 《Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neurology...
Ischemic stroke has long been recognized as one of the major risk factors for the development of structural epilepsy, particularly among the elderly1. In the elderly population, strokes may represent a cause of epilepsy in more than 30% of cases2,3. ...
Erratum to “Takotsubo syndrome following convulsive seizure in an elderly woman: A case report” [Eur. Geriatr. Med. (2016) 405–406]Erratum to “Takotsubo syndrome following convulsive seizure in an elderly woman: A case report” [Eur. Geriatr. Med. (2016) 405–406]doi:10.1016/j.eurger...