Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 363-367 , July 2010

Adult convulsive status epilepticus in the developing country of Honduras

  • Holly J. Skinner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Ave. Suite 307 Clinical Science Bldg., Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    • Neurology Training Program, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Postgrado de Neurología, área de las torres, 5to. piso, Hospital Escuela, Blvd Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, USA
    • Holly J. Skinner D.O., formerly a neurology resident at the Medical University of South Carolina and at present she is a Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow at the University of Florida.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, University of Florida College of Medicine, HSC Box 100236, Gainesville, FL 32610-0236, USA. Tel.: +1 352 273 5550; fax: +1 352 273 5575.
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  • Sofia A. Dubon-Murcia

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Training Program, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Postgrado de Neurología, área de las torres, 5to. piso, Hospital Escuela, Blvd Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, USA
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  • Arnold R. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Training Program, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Postgrado de Neurología, área de las torres, 5to. piso, Hospital Escuela, Blvd Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, USA
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  • Marco T. Medina

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Training Program, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Postgrado de Neurología, área de las torres, 5to. piso, Hospital Escuela, Blvd Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, USA
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  • Jonathan C. Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Ave. Suite 307 Clinical Science Bldg., Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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  • Joyce S. Nicholas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, 135 Cannon St. Room 302M, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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  • Kenton R. Holden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosciences, Division of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Ave. Suite 307 Clinical Science Bldg., Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    • Neurology Training Program, National Autonomous University of Honduras, Postgrado de Neurología, área de las torres, 5to. piso, Hospital Escuela, Blvd Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, USA

Received 23 October 2009 ,Revised 8 February 2010 ,Accepted 20 May 2010.

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    Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) patients’ age in years. This graph demonstrates that the majority of patients presenting with CSE were between the ages of 18 and 30 years. As age increased, the pe

    Convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) patients’ age in years. This graph demonstrates that the majority of patients presenting with CSE were between the ages of 18 and 30 years. As age increased, the percentage of patients decreased. This is consistent with Honduran vital statistic data showing that 54% of the population in between 15 and 64 years of age.

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    First-line anti-epileptic drugs (AED) used as treatment for convulsive status epilepticus in the Hospital Escuela adult medical emergency department. Twenty-three of 31 patients (74.2%) received diaze

    First-line anti-epileptic drugs (AED) used as treatment for convulsive status epilepticus in the Hospital Escuela adult medical emergency department. Twenty-three of 31 patients (74.2%) received diazepam as their first-line AED.

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    Second-line anti-epileptic drugs (AED) used as treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in the Hospital Escuela adult medical emergency department. Twenty-three out of 30 patients (76.7%) requiring

    Second-line anti-epileptic drugs (AED) used as treatment of convulsive status epilepticus in the Hospital Escuela adult medical emergency department. Twenty-three out of 30 patients (76.7%) requiring second-line AED received phenytoin as their second-line AED.

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    Etiologies of convulsive status epilepticus. A high percentage of patients had a previous history of epilepsy n=24 (77.4%). Anti-epileptic drug non-adherence was confirmed in 18 of 24 patients (75.0%)

    Etiologies of convulsive status epilepticus. A high percentage of patients had a previous history of epilepsy n=24 (77.4%). Anti-epileptic drug non-adherence was confirmed in 18 of 24 patients (75.0%) with epilepsy.

PII: S1059-1311(10)00111-1

doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.05.007

Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 363-367 , July 2010

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