New-onset refractory status epilepticus treated with vagus nerve stimulation: A case report

Tomohiro Yamazoe; Tohru Okanishi; Atsushi Yamamoto; Takehiro Yamada; Mitsuyo Nishimura; Ayataka Fujimoto; Hideo Enoki; Takuya Yokota; Keishiro Sato; Takamichi Yamamoto

doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2017.02.011

New-onset refractory status epilepticus treated with vagus nerve stimulation: A case report

Seizure. 2017 Apr:47:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 Feb 24.

Affiliations

¹ Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12 Sumiyoshi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan.
² Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12 Sumiyoshi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan. Electronic address: okanishipediatrics@gmail.com.
³ Department of Neurology and Stroke, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, 15-749 Motomachi, Kyoto, 605-0981, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajimachi, Kyouto, 602-0841, Japan.
⁵ Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12 Sumiyoshi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan; Department of Neurophysiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12 Sumiyoshi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 430-8558, Japan.

PMID: 28267658
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2017.02.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-glutamate receptor encephalitis; Autoimmune encephalitis; New-onset refractory status epilepticus; Rapid titration; Status epilepticus; Vagus nerve stimulation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Drug Resistant Epilepsy / physiopathology
Drug Resistant Epilepsy / therapy*
Humans
Male
Status Epilepticus / physiopathology
Status Epilepticus / therapy*
Vagus Nerve Stimulation*
Young Adult