Nicolas Gaspard, Brandon Foreman, Lilith M Judd, James N Brenton, Barnett R Nathan, Blathnaid M McCoy, Ali Al-Otaibi, Ronan Kilbride, Ivan Sánchez Fernández, Lucy Mendoza, Sophie Samuel, Asma Zakaria, Giridhar P Kalamangalam, Benjamin Legros, Jerzy P Szaflarski, Tobias Loddenkemper, Cecil D Hahn, Howard P Goodkin, Jan Claassen, Lawrence J Hirsch, Suzette M Laroche
PURPOSE: To examine patterns of use, efficacy, and safety of intravenous ketamine for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus (RSE). METHODS: Multicenter retrospective review of medical records and electroencephalography (EEG) reports in 10 academic medical centers in North America and Europe, including 58 subjects, representing 60 episodes of RSE that were identified between 1999 and 2012. Seven episodes occurred after anoxic brain injury. KEY FINDINGS: Permanent control of RSE was achieved in 57% (34 of 60) of episodes...
August 2013: Epilepsia